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90th Giro d'Italia - GT

Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007

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Stage 16 - Tuesday, May 29: Agordo (Dolomiti Stars) - Lienz (Austria), 189 km

Garzelli il Grande

Second 2007 stage for 2000 Giro Champ

By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney

Garzelli gets it!
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2000 Giro d'Italia Champion Stefano Garzelli has secured his second stage victory in this year's Giro thanks to a solo attack with 50 kilometres remaining. The Acqua e Sapone rider kept a group of five at bay into Lienz, Austria, to take his eighth Giro career win. The overall classification battle stayed status-quo, with Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) in the Maglia Rosa, as the favourites finished eight minutes back with their minds on tomorrow's mammoth stage to Monte Zoncolan.

"The win means...," an exhausted Stefano Garzelli pondered after the stage victory in Lienz. "I just did not want to lose. I am very content with this one. I risked it a little bit because it was such a long way out."

Garzelli first attacked the Maglia Rosa Gruppo of Danilo Di Luca at 50 kilometres to go and then, once at the front end of the race, went solo on the Bannberg ascent. He succeeded in keeping a hungry chase of five (Caucchioli, Serrano, Rubiera, Mangel, Lastras) at bay, including over the flat closing 16.8 kilometre circuit around Lienz.

"I am outside of the classification battle so I was able to try my luck," continued the 33 year-old, who has never won solo in the Giro. "I knew the finale form the Giro del Trentino, but I really had to go all out in the finale and I was extremely exhausted. In the last 10 kilometres, with a head-wind, I really thought there was no way. I got the time checks near the end and then I thought it was possible."

Before the stage win on Saturday, in Bergamo, Garzelli's last stage win came on the mountains romp to Presolana, on May 29, 2004. He had always been a considered a Giro contender but during this Giro his ambitions changed when he could not keep up with his three-week rivals.

"In the next years I don't know if I will aim for the Giro overall or not," he noted post-stage. "It was nice to win the stage the other day to Bergamo, and today, I did not really think I was going to get another stage win, but then I did. I did pay for the [Bergamo] win on Tre Cime, I slept all day yesterday! [Laughs. - ed.]"

The chase gave up
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Mangel took the sprint for second, followed by Serrano, Rubiera, Caucchioli and then Lastras. "I tried over the last three stages," said Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), third overall in 2002. "My condition is still improving and I will try al the way to Milano. However, I am here to prepare for the Tour and unfortunately this time of the year my asthma is bothering me a little bit. I will have to improve before the Tour."

The second group to finish behind Garzelli was headed by Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems). In that group was young Giovanni Visconti (Quickstep-Innergetic), who attacked late to join the chasers. "My cold hands made it hard to descend," said the 24 year-old. "I was not feeling ready for the finale and when I felt I had good legs I took off. However, I was too late and it was too difficult to enter with the front riders [Caucchioli's group - ed]."

The GC favourites have already turned their attention to tomorrow's last monster stage, the 142-kilometre run to the top of Monte Zoncolan. "I think Danilo will win tomorrow but who knows," continued Garzelli after the two former teammates watched a TV stage preview together. "He has to stay attentive up to the end of the time trial on Saturday."

Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) holds
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Andy Schleck, in the Maglia Bianca of best young rider, hopes to give Di Luca a run for his money on the final, 10.1-kilometre ascent. "I like the Italian public. Tomorrow, I want to give it a go because I feel good. It would be a special win and I will push Di Luca for the win," said the 21 year-old Luxemburger, one of the few non-Italian challengers.

Di Luca first had to shake the cold and wet off of stage 16. "We all stopped for 10 minutes in the stage to put on warmer gear," noted the current overall leader. "It was a hard stage for us." Tomorrow he will face one of his final challenges, with missiles sure to be launched by Simoni, Schleck, Mazzoleni and 2004 winner Cunego.

"Tomorrow everyone will be firing," said Lampre-Fondital leader Damiano Cunego. "It will be very hard but I am an optimist."

How it unfolded

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
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After a wet and cold second rest day, the 90th Giro d'Italia commenced again at 11:59 from the Piazza di Libertà under overcast threatening skies and cool temperatures, with 143 riders bundled up against the cold mountain air of Agordo, a town famous for eyewear and at the centre of the Dolomiti Stars family of ski resorts. Stage 16 started to climb immediately out of Agordo through the ski towns of Alleghe and Arabba with the summit of Passo Campolongo 45 kilometres away.

A few raindrops were falling and the riders were cold and tired and not in the mood for racing, so the pace was slow, very slow. 25.1 kilometres were covered in the first hour, with the second hour even slower at 24.6 kilometres as the gruppo freddo compatto scaled Campolongo with a few snowflakes falling for entertainment. The only action was the sprint for the GPM atop the 1875m Campolongo, where Panaria's Lucky Baliani took the points from stage 13's hero Le Boulanger and Maglia Verde Piepoli.

It took the gruppo another hour to descend down from Campolongo to Brunico after 84 kilometres, which included a stop in a tunnel for 10 minutes for the gruppo to put on more warm clothing. The rain had increased as the race headed east and the pace increased slightly. The average speed after three hours was now up to 28.9km/h, still decidedly a touristic pace. As the gruppo compatto approached the feed-zone in Dobbiaco, the rain tapered off, the roads began to dry and the rain jackets came off. Still clad in long sleeve jerseys, leg warmers and gloves, Maglia Rosa Di Luca's Liquigas squad hit the front and for the first time on stage 16, the average speed was finally over 30km/h.

Bettini and Di Luca
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After the feed-zone, there were 12 kilometres to ride to the Italian/Austrian border at kilometre 126. After the gruppo finished lunch, it was Astana's big Benoît Joachim who attacked just after San Candido with 70 kilometres to go. Joachim was joined by an even bigger rider, Laurent Mangel of Ag2r, and the two escapees quickly gained time as Liquigas wasn't interested in chasing.

A counter-move went after the two front riders, including Schwab (Quickstep), Merckx (T-Mobile) and Breschel (CSC) but the gruppo wasn't letting other riders go away just yet. At the Austrian border, the break had 20" on the fast moving peloton and at the Garibaldi intermediate sprint in Sillian after 130 kilometres, Mangel took the points.

Another counter-move went on the flat valley road as a big group of riders tried to get out front before the three hard climbs ahead. Six kilometres later in Abfaltersbach, the road made a sharp left onto the Anras and the steep four-kilometre climb to Anras, the attack had a 30" lead as Liquigas wasn't interested in chasing. The ascent blew the 20-strong front group apart, while suddenly, Garzelli attacked solo from the Gruppo Maglia Rosa with 49 kilometres to go as the first ascent of the Anras began.

The Acqua e Sapone man had nothing to lose and had lost over 17 minutes on the stage to Tre Cime di Lavaredo so he was no longer a threat to Maglia Rosa Di Luca. Garzelli knew the road from the Giro del Trentino nine years before and he had the legs to back up his move. With 40 kilometres to go it was Marcos Serrano (Tinkoff), Mangel (Ag2r), Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and Chechu Rubiera (Discovery Channel), while Joachim, Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne, Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) and, now, Garzelli where chasing hard at 50", with another chase group at 1'30" and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 2'30".

Three kilometres later, the hard-charging Garzelli and his group got across to the front of the race in Kosten with 37 kilometres to go and there were now eight up front; Serrano, Mangel, Caucchioli, Rubiera, Joachim, Garzelli, Lastras, and Dean. At 1'30", there was the second gruppo with Bernucci (T-Mobile), Commesso (Tinkoff), Tosatto (Quickstep) Mondory (Française de Jeux) and Laverde (Panaria), while at 2'00", there was a third group with Quickstep's Visconti who had come across from the Gruppo Maglia Rosa.

Peloton
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The rain had started again as the second of three climbs, Vergein, began but it wasn't difficult enough to make a selection. As Garzelli began the descent through Oberassling, he attacked and got a gap on the wet, slippery roads. As the final climb of the day, the steep four-kilometre Bannberg began, Garzelli had a 15" gap but the chase was getting organized behind. With 30 kilometres to go, Garzelli had 10" on the chasers, with Dean and Joachim at 50" and the second chase group had Tosatto and Visconti chasing hard at 2'00". Garzelli had re-launched on the second half of the Bannberg and, at the GPM with 27 kilometres to go, he had more than doubled his advantage to 44" on Mangel, Lastras. Rubiera, Caucchioli and Serrano, with Dean and Joachim at 1'45", the second chase group at 2'40" and Gruppo Maglia Rosa lead by Liquigas at 6'00".

Garzelli's heroic move was looking good as he bombed the super-fast descent to Lienz and at 20 kilometres to go, his lead was 40". But Chechu Rubiera was trying to get the chase organized behind as there was a flat finishing circuit of 16 kilometres where Garzelli could be pulled back. As the bell rang as the Acqua e Sapone man passed the finish line in Lienz, he was riding solo with perfect form and had even gained time on the chasers who now were 44" seconds behind and the second chase group was at 2'30" and Gruppo Maglia Rosa cruising at over 6'00" behind Garzelli.

The peloton
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At eight kilometres to go as Garzelli passed through St. Ullrich, the efforts of the Acqua e Sapone man were showing as he grimaced in pain and put his hands on the brake hoods, then got back in the drops again. The chase group was now at 30" and had gained back some time, but they were running out of space and Garzelli wasn't slowing down much. At the five-kilometre mark, Garzelli still had half a minute as Lastras attacked solo but was pulled back, with the second chase group at 2'20" and Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 8'00". With three kilometres to race, the five chasers realized that they weren't going to catch Garzelli and started to ride for second place. In the chase, Lastras attacked again but was brought back again by Caucchioli.

Wearing his helmet with a white tiger on it, Garzelli roared across the finish line in Lienz to take his took his sixth career Giro d'Italia stage win, his first solo victory at the Italian tour and one of his best ever career wins. Mangel won the sprint from the first chase group at 1'01", while the second chase group was headed home by Totò Commesso in seventh place at 2'30". The Gruppo Maglia Rosa rolled in at 8'10". With his brilliant solo win, his 27th overall career victory, 33 year-old Garzelli had pulled back almost half of the seventeen minutes he lost to Di Luca on the difficult stage to Tre Cime di Lavaredo and had jumped from 17th on GC at 20'02" to up to 13th place at 11'32".

Stage 17 - Wednesday, May 30: Lienz (Austria) - Monte Zoncolan, 142 km

A short, sharp stage from Austria back to Italy that finishes atop the fearsome Monte Zoncolan, called the hardest climb in Europe by RAI-TV's Davide Cassani. After a few early climbs where an early break may surely go, the final ascent of Zoncolan is truly terrible. Only 10.1 kilometres long, Zoncolan gains 1203 metres for an average grade of 11.9% with the steepest pitches going straight up at over 20%.

Simoni won on Zoncolan in 2004 wearing the Maglia Rosa ahead of Marco Pantani, but on the easier east side. The Ovaro side is like a wall for the central portion from -8 to -2 kilometres. Simoni, the tough Trentino mountain man will try to do it again atop Zoncolan with the help of his Saunier Duval teammates Piepoli and Riccò, but Di Luca will be right there, as will Best Young Rider Andy Schleck. Currently second on GC, Astana's Eddy Mazzoleni will be the rider under the most pressure on stage 17, as he could lose enough time to Schleck and Simoni to slip to fourth on GC, or further down if he has bad legs on the terrifying steep slopes of Monte Zoncolan.

Photography

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Results

1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                5.34.07 (33.94 km/h)
2 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.01
3 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                        
4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                     
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                          2.29
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                  
10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
11 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      2.31
12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
13 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
14 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
15 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                                
17 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            2.47
19 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                   8.10
20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
22 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                         
23 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          
25 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
26 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                     
27 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                    
28 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                              
29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
30 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                      
31 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                
32 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                           
34 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    
35 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                             
36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                              
37 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
38 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           
40 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
41 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
42 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                                
43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              
44 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                                
45 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                                  
46 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                           
47 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                           
48 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                               
49 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
50 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                   
51 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
52 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                              
53 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
54 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      
55 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      
56 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
58 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                          
59 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                              
60 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                
61 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                            
62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  
63 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            
64 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                    
65 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
66 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                    
68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
69 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                            
70 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  
71 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
72 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
73 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                    
74 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
75 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
76 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
77 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       
78 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
79 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      
80 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               
81 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
82 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
83 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
84 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
85 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
86 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                             
87 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                   
88 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
89 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
90 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
91 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
92 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                            
93 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                        
94 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                         
95 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       
96 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
97 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
99 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
100 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                       
101 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
102 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
103 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
104 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        
105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      
106 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                           
107 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       
108 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                         
109 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                
110 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
111 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                           
112 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                         
113 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
114 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            
115 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          
116 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
117 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
118 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
119 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
120 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
121 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
122 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
123 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
125 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
126 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     
127 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
128 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
129 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            
130 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
131 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       
132 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                         
133 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  
134 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
135 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
137 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                           
138 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                        
139 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              
140 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                       
141 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              
142 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
143 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
 
Points
 
1 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      28 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     25
3 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                      16
4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          14
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   12
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               10
7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             9
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             8
9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                 7
10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      7
11 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                               6
12 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         5
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            4
14 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                           4
15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       3
16 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       3
17 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
18 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      2
19 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1
 
Mountains
 
Passo di Campolongo - km 45.4
1 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        5 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              3
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  1
 
Bannberg - km. 162
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3 pts
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                2
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                    1
 
T.V. Garibaldi
 
1 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       5 pts
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                                4
3 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                            3
4 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                        2
5 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       1
6 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                        
 
Most combative
 
1 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      10 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      8
3 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                       4
4 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                                4
5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           3
6 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                            3
7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        3
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                    2
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                2
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             2
11 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       2
12 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
13 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      4 pts
2 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       2
3 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                       1
 
Fuga Gilera
 
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     37 pts
2 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      25
3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                               20
4 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                      17
5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          17
6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   17
7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                 7
8 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       7
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                5
10 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         5
 
Trofeo fast team
 
1 Tinkoff Credit System                                               16.54.01
2 AG2r Prévoyance                                                         0.02
3 Crédit Agricole                                                             
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                            
5 Astana                                                                  1.30
6 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    1.46
7 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                            4.40
8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      5.41
9 T-Mobile Team                                                           7.09
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                       7.11
11 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                                  
12 Gerolsteiner                                                               
13 Liquigas                                                              12.50
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                            
15 Team CSC                                                                   
16 Predictor-Lotto                                                            
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                       
18 Team Milram                                                                
19 Rabobank                                                                   
20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                            
21 Française des Jeux                                                         
22 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                          
 
Trofeo super team
 
1 Tinkoff Credit System                                                     32 pts
2 AG2r Prévoyance                                                           28
3 Crédit Agricole                                                           28
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                          21
5 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                              20
6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                        17
7 Astana                                                                    17
8 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                      16
9 T-Mobile Team                                                             11
10 Gerolsteiner                                                              9
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                          7
12 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                                 4
13 Lampre-Fondital                                                            
14 Liquigas                                                                   
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                            
16 Team Milram                                                                
17 Team CSC                                                                   
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                       
19 Rabobank                                                                   
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                          
21 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                            
22 Française des Jeux                                                         
 
General classification after stage 16
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       73.43.12
2 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                             1.51
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             2.56
4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            3.19
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  3.23
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             3.39
7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6.05
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        7.02
9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               7.29
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               9.29
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       9.30
12 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       10.17
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 11.32
14 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                         12.08
15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital              12.35
16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         13.51
17 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  16.13
18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     21.59
19 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               26.44
20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   27.58
21 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                          28.26
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                        30.18
23 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   34.35
24 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    35.05
25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   36.02
26 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         37.01
27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               41.25
28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               42.09
29 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      43.19
30 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               47.03
31 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            48.50
32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                               49.44
33 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare          50.08
34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            51.21
35 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     52.44
36 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       53.02
37 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       53.47
38 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 55.10
39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         56.28
40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                            57.43
41 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             58.12
42 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               58.42
43 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      59.14
44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               1.00.24
45 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.00.51
46 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         1.01.09
47 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1.02.01
48 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.02.34
49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                           1.03.24
50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1.08.15
51 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.09.46
52 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.09.53
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1.12.12
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    1.17.29
55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.17.58
56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            1.18.07
57 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.19.42
58 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                     1.20.08
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             1.21.45
60 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                  1.21.51
61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         1.24.21
62 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                      1.24.57
63 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    1.26.46
64 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   1.29.01
65 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.31.11
66 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       1.32.32
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.34.03
68 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.34.50
69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                               1.34.54
70 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.35.48
71 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.36.51
72 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.36.52
73 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.37.24
74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.38.07
75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                1.39.00
76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                         1.40.15
77 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                1.41.12
78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 1.41.25
79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     1.42.44
80 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.44.42
81 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                1.45.06
82 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.45.41
83 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                               
84 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.47.12
85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.47.22
86 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               1.48.03
87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                1.48.11
88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.50.02
89 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              1.52.25
90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         1.52.28
91 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.53.21
92 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1.55.35
93 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.56.10
94 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                1.56.16
95 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                             1.56.28
96 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.56.37
97 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                          1.56.59
98 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.57.37
99 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            1.59.32
100 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                        1.59.54
101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     2.00.38
102 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.04.42
103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               2.05.06
104 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    2.05.32
105 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.05.35
106 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  2.06.26
107 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              2.07.04
108 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  2.07.52
109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                2.08.37
110 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              2.09.24
111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.11.59
112 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.12.50
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               2.17.49
114 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                            2.18.35
115 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               2.18.52
116 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                          2.20.23
117 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  2.20.25
118 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.20.48
119 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              2.21.24
120 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                2.21.26
121 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                      2.22.05
122 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                2.24.16
123 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   2.25.03
124 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.26.42
125 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             2.28.56
126 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.29.28
127 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                2.29.32
128 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.31.45
129 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                       2.32.27
130 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    2.33.25
131 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.34.55
132 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                         2.37.50
133 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2.38.12
134 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                             2.39.38
135 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2.40.53
136 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 2.46.38
137 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.46.45
138 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                2.51.02
139 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                           2.51.12
140 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2.51.53
141 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                    2.55.24
142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2.57.48
143 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      2.58.14
 
Points classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    135 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            108
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                96
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     90
5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             73
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               70
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              67
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               59
9 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     59
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   57
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     56
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 51
13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                              47
14 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                               44
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         38
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                36
17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      33
18 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          32
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                        32
20 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             32
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                32
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         30
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         29
24 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            28
25 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     28
26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                            26
27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    24
28 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   20
29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           20
30 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                19
31 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             18
32 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                     18
33 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           16
34 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                               16
35 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   15
36 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         15
37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      15
38 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     14
39 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         12
40 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                 12
41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     12
42 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            12
43 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             12
44 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   11
45 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    11
46 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         10
47 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              10
48 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                10
49 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    10
50 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                           9
51 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            9
52 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                                8
53 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                   8
54 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   8
55 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   7
56 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   7
57 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       7
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   6
59 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            6
60 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   6
61 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          5
62 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         5
63 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                           5
64 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 5
65 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   4
66 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 4
67 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      4
68 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4
69 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                4
70 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            4
71 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  3
72 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             3
73 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             3
74 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
75 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       3
76 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      2
77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       2
78 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       2
79 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
80 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  2
81 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1
82 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               1
83 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                               1
84 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1
85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                         1
86 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            1
87 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     -3
88 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           -5
89 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               -5
90 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          -5
91 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                            -5
92 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         -5
93 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    -6
94 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                        -9
95 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              -10
96 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                             -14
97 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                -15
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             63 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             41
3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               36
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       36
5 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             23
6 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 21
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              16
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  15
9 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   15
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         14
11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              14
12 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          13
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   11
14 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              9
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   8
16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         8
17 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                8
18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               7
19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   7
20 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          7
21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                   6
22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             5
23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     5
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
25 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            4
26 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
27 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              3
28 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     3
29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
30 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  2
31 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               2
32 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      2
33 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2
34 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
35 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
36 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             1
37 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            1
38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1
39 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            1
40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      1
41 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1
 
T.V. Garibaldi classification
 
1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    13 pts
2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     9
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                          8
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               8
5 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            7
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     7
7 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6
8 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        6
9 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    6
10 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              5
11 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 5
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
13 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      5
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     5
15 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  5
16 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   5
17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  4
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             4
19 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   4
21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
22 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              4
23 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                               4
24 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               3
25 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                3
26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
27 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3
28 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                           3
29 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             2
30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 2
31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   2
32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             2
33 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
34 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
35 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       2
36 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
37 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             1
38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1
39 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1
40 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1
41 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  1
42 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1
43 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          1
44 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      1
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     31 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             31
3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       28
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             26
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                24
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               21
7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             20
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     18
9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         17
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             17
11 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          15
12 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   13
13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              13
14 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             11
15 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    11
16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 10
17 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                10
18 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     10
19 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  10
20 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    9
21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               9
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          9
23 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                8
24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              8
25 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          7
26 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    7
27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   7
28 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              7
29 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                7
30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          6
31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    6
32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             6
33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   6
34 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     6
35 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   6
36 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
37 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  5
38 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 5
39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
40 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          4
41 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
42 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
43 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                      4
44 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                               4
45 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
46 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          3
47 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          3
48 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
50 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            3
51 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                   3
52 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3
53 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                           3
54 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
55 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               2
56 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             2
57 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
58 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       2
59 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 2
60 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  1
61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1
62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1
63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1
64 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      1
65 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      1
66 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                       1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     15 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             11
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      8
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              8
5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                6
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 6
7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
8 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              4
9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           4
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              4
11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         2
12 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      2
13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               2
14 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           1
15 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     1
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    1
17 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                      1
18 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                1
19 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1
 
Fuga Gilera classification
 
1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   365 pts
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             314
3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                 304
4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  303
5 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          284
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   268
7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      245
8 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                206
9 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           178
10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                174
11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          172
12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       149
13 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     148
14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             148
15 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               124
16 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare           118
17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 115
18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            111
19 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                    109
20 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        104
21 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     94
22 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   94
23 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                               92
24 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    92
25 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               89
26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  79
27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    78
28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             70
29 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                              65
30 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             52
31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         51
32 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              45
33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            45
34 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                            41
35 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                  34
36 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         34
37 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            25
38 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              25
39 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     25
40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   24
41 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                              20
42 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    19
43 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                  19
44 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         19
45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  17
46 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                     17
47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                15
48 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           11
49 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               9
50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          8
51 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      7
52 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                7
53 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               5
54 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         5

Young rider classification
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         73.46.08
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.43
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   13.17
4 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                23.48
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         27.22
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  52.14
7 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                55.46
8 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       56.18
9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               57.55
10 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1.05.19
11 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.06.57
12 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.16.46
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       1.29.36
14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.31.54
15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.33.55
16 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.33.56
17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                         1.37.19
18 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.41.46
19 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                1.42.10
20 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.44.16
21 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1.52.39
22 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.53.41
23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.54.41
24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      1.57.42
25 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               2.04.08
26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2.05.41
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       2.19.09
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2.23.46
29 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2.26.32
30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                 2.26.36
31 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.28.49
32 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                        2.29.31
33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.31.59
34 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                          2.34.54
35 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.35.16
36 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2.37.57
37 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2.43.49
38 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 2.48.06
39 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      2.54.52

Fast team classification
 
1 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                          220.16.25
2 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    5.28
3 Astana                                                                  5.43
4 Lampre-Fondital                                                         6.11
5 Liquigas                                                                7.00
6 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                           51.48
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     1.25.52
8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      1.30.24
9 Predictor-Lotto                                                      1.40.14
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                1.54.33
11 Team CSC                                                            1.55.16
12 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     2.00.36
13 Tinkoff Credit System                                               2.20.44
14 T-Mobile Team                                                       2.28.39
15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                  2.33.11
16 Rabobank                                                            2.36.42
17 Crédit Agricole                                                     3.06.34
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                    3.21.14
19 Française des Jeux                                                  3.37.25
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   3.52.00
21 Gerolsteiner                                                        3.57.13
22 Team Milram                                                         5.11.38
 
Super team classification
 
1 Lampre-Fondital                                                          329 pts
2 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                                284
3 Liquigas                                                                 283
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                     245
5 Astana                                                                   210
6 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                             196
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         194
8 Team CSC                                                                 179
9 AG2r Prévoyance                                                          174
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    155
11 Tinkoff Credit System                                                   154
12 Crédit Agricole                                                         148
13 Team Milram                                                             148
14 Predictor-Lotto                                                         116
15 Gerolsteiner                                                            101
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       92
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                        81
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                         72
19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                          68
20 Rabobank                                                                 65
21 T-Mobile Team                                                            53
22 Française des Jeux                                                       13
 
Fair play classification
 
1 AG2r Prévoyance                                                            0                           
2 Française des Jeux                                                         0                
3 Predictor-Lotto                                                            3
4 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                     5.5      
5 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                                 10
6 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                              25
7 T-Mobile Team                                                             25
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                      45
9 Caisse d'Epargne                                                          55
10 Gerolsteiner                                                             55
11 Tinkoff Credit System                                                    60
12 Team Milram                                                              60
13 Rabobank                                                                 63
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                         80
15 Crédit Agricole                                                          88
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       90
17 Astana                                                                   95
18 Liquigas                                                                120
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       145
20 Team CSC                                                                165
21 Lampre-Fondital                                                         190
22 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                         195

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