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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 12 - Thursday, May 24: Scalenghe - Briançon (Francia), 163 km
Di Luca takes day: Rosa and stage
'The Killer' profits from Saunier's efforts
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney
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Danilo Di Luca controlled the finale of stage 12 into Briançon, attacking an elite group of five twice in the final kilometre. His last jab distanced his rivals and he won ahead of a re-emerging Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and a stunning Andy Schleck (Team CSC). With the powerful efforts of a strong Saunier Duval many of the favourites were distanced, including previous race leader Andrea Noè, allowing Di Luca to also take the race leader's Maglia Rosa.
"I did not know the descent [of Izoard] and I did not want to risk it. Then others re-entered and I did not want to push harder," said Di Luca, who chose to save his final strike for the short blast to Briançon.
Already knowing the race leadership would be his, 'The Killer' hunted for the stage victory as the parcours kicked upwards in the final 1300 metres to Briançon's Citadelle. Simoni led Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) and Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana) when Di Luca first launched at 900 metres to go. The fifth of five riders, Schleck, immediately latched onto Di Luca's wheel.
"I went at 900 metres to go for the win and to try to distance the others but it did not work." Schleck and then Simoni clawed their way back on to Di Luca's wheel. The 31 year-old rider led the duo over the medieval streets, and following two bridge crossings he powered off the front starting at -450m on a tight fan-packed pavé section.
Simoni was able to remount and vie for the sprint while 21 year-old came in a few seconds later, splendid in the Maglia Bianca of best young rider.
"The giro is still open," continued Di Luca, who has both the Maglia Rosa and the best climber's Maglia Verde. "My advantages are not earth-shaking. ... I hope I will go well in the next week."
Luxemburger Andy Schleck now sits fourth overall, 1'25" behind Di Luca, after finishing with the favourites. The almost unknown rider, younger brother of Fränk, is now emerging as an overall threat. "Schleck is going well, he also goes will in the time trials so I will have to continue to monitor him," noted the Italian, fourth in the 2005 Giro. "Today, what was important is that we narrowed down the classification."
He reflected on Saunier's strength over the Agnello and Izoard, "I was afraid at the beginning on Agnello because [Saunier's Leonardo] Piepoli was nailing the pace and he was really going strong. If he continued like that I don't know what I would have done."
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Schleck played down his dominance after arriving at the end of the 163-kilometre stage. "I was not here to win but I am happy with how it went today," noted the only non-Italian from the winning group. "I was there with Simoni and Di Luca on the final pavé in to Briançon."
Regarding the next week, he said, "I still have the legs I will try again for a win in the coming stages. However, I have to try from far out because I don't have the legs for last minute bursts."
Damiano Cunego is one that normally has the legs speed for such bursts, however, today he was seen yo-yoing at the back of the favourites' gruppo. He finished with the front five but hopes to his form improves over the coming days, which includes the Oropa mountain TT, tomorrow, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Sunday, and Monte Zoncolan, Wednesday.
"Today, and also in the previous days, Danilo showed that he is brilliant," said Kid Cunego. "But we are on the first of the big mountains. ... I did not go badly. I am still lacking a little bit but I hope in the next days to go better. There are truly some grand climbs coming in this grand Giro, so, we will see."
Mazzoleni showed incredible strength for such a big framed rider. It was him that shepherded Cunego to his 2004 Giro win, and, thanks to team captain Paolo Savoldelli cracking, he was able to continue on his own. The rider from Bergamo my not be able to take the top step of the podium but he could vie for one of its two neighbours.
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Distanced but strong in the first of the big mountain days was Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo). The 2000 Giro Champ fought back leg pains on the Col d'Izoard but held his own to finish solo in sixth.
"I had cramps on the beginning of the climb, and in the last kilometre the cramps became stronger," noted the bald headed rider from Varese. "It was a very hard day but I battled with the big champions, and in regards to the previous two days I feel great."
He commented on his former teammate, Di Luca, "He is strong but we will have to wait for the Zoncolan."
2002 and 2005 Giro Winner, Savoldelli, suffered today, and he was already out of the race's picture with nine kilometres to go to the top of the Colle dell'Agnello (-70km to the line).
"My legs felt like they were not going," noted the rider in his Bergamasco accent. "The pace seemed so strong and I just felt like I could not go."
He was bothered from yesterday's finish line crash and, knowing his form, told Mazzoleni to ride ahead. "Even this morning I thought about not riding. After a crash like that you need a couple of days to recover. I hope in the next days to go better; we will see. ... I told Mazzoleni to stay up front and make his own race and that I would look after myself."
How it unfolded
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The Alps on the Italian/French border were looming in the dusk to the west of Scalenghe as stage 12 of the 90th Giro d'Italia started to confront the first major climbs of the race. 177 riders departed at 12:15, with US Champion Hincapie (Discovery Channel), Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and sprinters Frosi Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) non-starters.
Perhaps lonesome for their homeland of France on the other side of the mountains two French riders got away after 14 kilometres near Cavour in the farmland west of Torino. Yoan Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom) and Christophe Riblon (Ag2r Prévoyance) headed off the front and there was no interest in the break from the gruppo.
By Brosassco, after 55 kilometres, the lead had soared to 17'30", placing Le Boulangerin the virtual lead. In the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, no one was worried as the race unfolded. Saunier Duval was riding hard tempo with 'Litu' Gómez on the front to put the pressure on Liquigas' Di Luca as the first slopes of the 21-kilometre ascent of the Colle dell'Agnello and Cima Coppi.
At the Garibaldi sprint in Sampeyre, after 70 kilometres, Le Boulanger took the sprint with the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, led by the yellow of Saunier Duval 16'10" behind.
The status quo remained up the first half of the Colle dell'Agnello, and as the road steepened with nine kilometres to go, Boulanger was still in the lead but solo, having dropped Riblon, who was 1'30" behind, with the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 13'.
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Behind the two breakaway riders, Cofidis rider Ivan Parra tried to attack from the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, but Saunier Duval just cranked it up a notch and rode him down. Saunier Duval's strategy of making the race hard from the get-go was paying off, as Riccò was climbing beautifully and his pace at the front had ripped apart the Gruppo Maglia Rosa. Boulanger was hanging on out front, as Riccò was raging; out the back of the Gruppo Maglia Rosa were both Savoldelli and Popovych, who were suffering from yesterday's finish line crash, and Maglia Rosa Noè was hurting too.
At six kilometres to go to the summit of the Colle dell'Agnello, Riccò seemed to crack and dropped off the pace, with Piepoli taking over on the front with teammate Simoni on his wheel and Cunego and Di Luca just behind, with just Mazzoleni, Schleck and a surprising Garzelli left in the first chase group.
As David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) slid back, David Zabriskie (Team CSC) had bridged up with Parra, but Piepoli's diabolical pace was killing everybody. At five kilometres to go on the steep ascent it was still the Leo Piepoli show, as he led Simoni, Cunego, Di Luca, Mazzoleni and Schleck, as Garzelli had been gapped by Piepoli's accelerations out of the hairpin turns.
The huge crowds that lined the climb on the lower slopes had thinned out somewhat as the racers left the tree line behind. The temperatures had dropped to the single digits and a strong cold wind had whipped up on the cloud shrouded summit. Le Boulanger was struggling mightily to make it over Cima Coppi, with his former break companion Riblon at three minutes and the Simoni group four kilometres behind at 10'30". Garzelli followed the gruppo Simoni at 15", Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and Parra at 30", Panaria climbers Emanuele Sella and Domenico Pozzovivo at 1'30", while Popovych had dropped off this group at 1'45". Riccò was at 2'15", while Savoldelli was at 2'30" with Luis Felipe Laverde (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Alessandro Spezialetti (Liquigas).
In the last kilometre, Piepoli accelerated a few times to keep Garzelli from coming back but at the 2744-metre summit, after 102 kilometres of racing, Garzelli made it back, with Nibali at 1'15", then Zabriskie at 1'30", and a 12-man group containing Sella, Pozzovivo, Arroyo, Wegelius and others at 1'50". That group of 12 then caught Zabriskie as the descent began, with Popovych chasing hard behind.
The Savoldelli group was at 3'30" with Maglia Rosa Noè at 4'05". Popovych was on the attack on the descent trying to take back time and dumped Riccò and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and managed to get back to the Sella group, while Arroyo and Wim Van Huffel (Predictor-Lotto), who had crashed early on the descent had come back to make a four-man second chase group.
At the base of the Colle dell'Agnello descent with 37 kilometres to race, in Chateau Queyras, before the right turn up the southern face of the evocative Col d'Izoard, Le Boulanger was still up front with Riblon at 3'00", the Simoni group at 5'15", with Parra chasing hard at 6'38", Nibali chasing alone at 6'50", the Sella/Wegelius/Popovych group at 7'50", the Riccò/Rasmussen/Rubiera group at 8'30", while at 9'30", the Gruppo Maglia Rosa included Noè, Savoldelli and his Astana teammate Andrey Mizourov.
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As the legendary 14.2-kilometre ascent of the evocative Col d'Izoard, Saunier Duval's Leo Piepoli was still hammering at the front of his group as the others could just hang on the ascent that averaged 7.1%. Behind Piepoli was old fox Gibo Simoni, who was just waiting for the right moment to attack Di Luca and Cunego. As Ag2r's Riblon was absorbed and spit out by the first chase group, Simoni dropped back to talk with his diesse Pietro Algeri.
Le Boulanger was still hanging on 2'30" up the road and after Gibo's chat, it was time for the games to begin. With 11 kilometres still to climb, Saunier Duval sent Piepoli up the road to test the legs of the others as Simoni sat back to see who still had juice left. Schleck was right there, and was Di Luca, but Garzelli and above all Cunego showed they were suffering with their slow reactions. The Sella/Bruseghin gruppo had become the second chase at 2'40", with Riccò/Rasmussen group another minute back, and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa containing Noè and Savoldelli at 5'00" behind the Simoni group.
As the climb up the Izoard steepened in Brunissard, with 28 kilometres to go, Piepoli's pace finally popped Garzelli. Piepoli dropped off the pace and halfway up the Izoard.
The race situation saw Le Boulanger still in the lead, with the Simoni group at 2'00", then a big chase group that had formed with Sella, Pozzovivo, Bruseghin at 3'00". On a steep pitch of the Izoard, Simoni attacked, and Cunego got across, then a kilometre later Simoni went again and Di Luca covered this move.
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At six kilometres to go to the summit of the Col d'Izoard and less than 30 kilometres to race, on the steep hairpins through one of the most difficult sections of the ascent, Le Boulanger was still 1'00" ahead of the five strong Simoni group, with Garzelli chasing at 40" and the second chase group at 3'00" and Popovych struggling in no mans land at 4'00" ahead of the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 6'00".
The crowds that lined the Col d'Izoard, including Didi "Devil" Senft, and with 4.5 kilometres remaining Simoni went again and Di Luca covered his move, as Cunego was finally popped and dropped. After 125 kilometres off the front, the courageous Le Boulanger was caught by the chase group with 3.5 kilometres to go on the ascent.
Through the eerie lunar landscape, with the overcast spitting a few drops of rain and snow, of the Casse Déserte past the monument to Fausto Coppi and Loiuson Bobet, the sprit of Marco Pantani was strong as Di Luca was leading the race, with Cunego and Le Boulanger chasing 15" behind and Garzelli hanging tough at 1'00".
The Bruseghin led chase group was chasing well at 2'00" and after the spectacular traverse of the Casse Déserte, there was still 1.5 kilometres left to climb and as the rain began falling harder. Suddenly Di Luca attacked hard off the front and left the others standing still.
At the 2360-metre summit of the Col d'Izoard, Di Luca took the GPM with Schleck, Simoni and Mazzoleni at 13" Cunego at 25" and fading, while Garzelli was going all out at 1'44" to stay ahead of the Bruseghin group at 2'40", with Pellizotti at 3'45", gruppo Savoldelli at 5'40", a suffering Popovych struggling at 7'30" and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa of Noè at 8'30".
On the steep descent to finish in Briançon, Simoni's superb descending skills enabled him to bring everyone across to Di Luca and Cunego had gotten back on quickly so there were now five riders together up front with 15 kilometres to go. Garzelli had made up some time.
The Giro riders were descending the wide open descent at over 100km/hr towards Briançon and the steep final ascent to the Citadelle. The gutsy Le Boulanger had managed to descend fast enough to join Garzelli on the road to Briançon with 10 kilometres to race.
As the descent finished and the front runners hit Briançon with two kilometres to race, they passed through the lower town, then turned onto the final steep ramp to Citadelle and passed under the one kilometre to go kite. Garzelli and Le Boulanger were together but the Italian then rode away from the French rider. Up front, Di Luca attacked on the steep ramp at 900 metres and Schleck came across to him.
It was like a replay of Liège-Bastogne-Liège for a moment as both made the right hand turn into the Citadelle, with Simoni following. Di Luca went again on the steep narrow pavé road through the old town of Briançon, as Simoni then surged past Schleck in pursuit. Gibo gave it his all to get past Di Luca but the Liquigas rider was just too strong for him and won his second stage in the 2007 Giro d'Italia and took over the Maglia Rosa from his teammate Andrea Noè.
Mazzoleni and Cunego came in at 15", Garzelli dumped Le Boulanger in the last kilometre in Briançon and finished 6th at 2'17", while the courageous French rider merited a "chapeau" as he was 7th on the stage at 2'33", just holding off Saunier Duval's Riccò and Lampre's Marzio Bruseghin, who held on to his second place on GC.
Discovery Channel's Yaro Popovych had a bad day after his crash yesterday and lost over 7'00", thus ending his chances of Giro d'Italia overall glory for 2007.
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Danilo Di Luca traded his Maglia Verde of Best Climber for the Maglia Rosa, with Marzio Bruseghin of Lampre-Fondital in second and Caisse d'Epargne's David Arroyo maintained third, while Team CSC's Best Young Rider Andy Schleck moved to fourth on GC.
Lampre-Fondital's Patxi Vila is now fifth, just ahead of his team leader Damiano Cunego, so Lampre-Fondital will still have some cards to play for Cunego in the upcoming mountain stages of the Giro. Ceramica Panaria-Navigare's climber Emanuele Sella moved up to seventh, as crafty three time Giro winner Gibo Simoni of Saunier Duval-Prodir is now eighth, just 2'34" behind Di Luca.
Although it's clear that Danilo Di Luca is the strongest man in this years Giro d'Italia, his Liquigas team left him alone today while Simoni's Saunier Duval-Prodir was very strong. Di Luca wanted to wrap up the Giro d'Italia in Briançon but he is still only halfway there.
Stage 13 - Friday, May 25: Biella - Santuario Di Oropa (Mountain TT), 12.6 km
Short, steep and tough, Friday's uphill time test from the textile city famous for Ermengildo Zegna's fine wool fabrics will be unlucky for some riders after Thursday's tough mountain stage. Uphill all the way, Stage 13 gains 734m at an average grade of 5.8% and the steepest pitches of 13%.
This is a tough climb but the short distance will limit the time differences between the Giro contenders, and it's a perfect opportunity for Cunego and Simoni to take some time back from Di Luca if they can. Watch out for 21 year-old Andy Schleck to make his mark in the uphill TT as well.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom) and Christophe Riblon (Ag2r Prévoyance) in the early escape.
- Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom).
- Christophe Riblon (Ag2r Prévoyance).
- Peloton heads up Colle dell'Agnello.
- Saunier leads up Colle dell'Agnello.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) did huge work today
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) descends.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) shows talent in the descent.
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana) rode well today.
- Verde Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) flies down the mountain.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) trying to eat while working.
- Dramatic landscapes of the Colle dell'Agnello.
- The gruppo climbs.
- Fans wait for the race.
- The gruppo makes its way up the climb.
- The Tour of Italy entered France.
- La Partenza of stage 12.
- Saunier leads early in stage 12.
- The Colle dell'Agnello.
- Colle dell'Agnello brought out the fans.
- Clouds covered the top of Colle dell'Agnello.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) works for Simoni.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) follows Simoni.
- Piepoli and Simoni climb.
- Garzelli descends and tries to stay warm.
- Piepoli leads his captain, Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Leo Piepoli did a huge about of work for Simoni.
- Simoni marked by Di Luca.
- Maglia Verde Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Di Luca follows Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Schleck and Mazzoleni climb.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) suffered a bit today.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) proved so strong.
- Simoni leads Schleck on stage 12.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) climbs.
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) digs hard with Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) following.
- Simoni leads.
- Cunego after the capture of Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom).
- Garzelli on the Izoard.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) fades after working for Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) descends.
- Riders descend the Izoard.
- The Col d'Izoard.
- The Devil on the Izoard.
- La Casse Déserte.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) awarded.
- Andrea Bartali on the Izoard
- Andrea Bartali watched the race pass on the Izoard
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) finishes the race with Andrea Noè (Liquigas).
- Di Luca Charges in the final metres.
- Simoni Closes on Di Luca.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) wins.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) over Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finishes second.
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) finished third.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) honoured.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) takes the Maglia Rosa.
- Kisses for the new race leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
Results
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.46.39 (34.118km/h) 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.07 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 0.15 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.19 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.17 7 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.33 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.38 11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.39 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.48 14 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.51 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3.38 16 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.11 17 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.34 18 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 5.49 19 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.51 20 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.22 21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.36 23 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.38 25 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 26 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.41 27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6.45 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.23 31 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 32 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.25 33 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.27 34 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.33 35 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 8.56 36 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9.06 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.32 38 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.45 40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 41 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 42 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9.47 43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 45 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 46 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 48 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 49 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.01 51 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.13 52 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 11.44 53 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 55 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 56 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 57 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.00 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.17 60 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14.56 61 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 15.26 62 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 63 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.10 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 65 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.31 66 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 17.54 67 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 18.57 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 19.55 70 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.32 71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 72 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 75 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 76 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 77 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 79 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 80 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 81 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 82 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 83 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 85 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26.06 86 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 89 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 92 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 93 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 94 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 96 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 97 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 100 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 101 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 103 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 105 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 106 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 108 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 110 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 111 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 26.53 113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 114 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 28.29 115 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.59 116 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31.00 117 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 118 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 120 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 121 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 122 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 123 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 124 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32.54 125 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 126 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 128 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 129 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 130 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 131 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 132 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 133 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 135 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 137 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 138 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 141 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 142 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 143 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 145 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 146 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 148 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 149 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 150 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 151 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 152 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 153 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 154 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 155 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 156 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.03 157 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 33.06 158 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33.09 159 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33.19 DNS George Hincapie (USA)Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto DNS Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital DNF Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole DNF Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC Points 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 14 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 13 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 4 14 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 15 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 16 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 17 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 18 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 19 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1 20 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Colle dell'Agnello (102.4km) 1 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 2 Col D'Izoard (142.2km) 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 2 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 TV Garibaldi 1 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 4 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 6 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Most Combative 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 4 7 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 10 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Fuga Gilera 1 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 79 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 24 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 24 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre - Fondital 14.25.28 2 Liquigas 5.30 3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.46 4 Astana 7.09 5 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 7.48 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.29 7 Team CSC 13.43 8 AG2r Prevoyance 16.12 9 Predictor - Lotto 16.39 10 Caisse D'Epargne 17.19 11 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 20.20 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 24.31 13 Bouygues Telecom 24.46 14 Rabobank 36.45 15 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 39.56 16 Credit Agricole 41.44 17 Tinkoff Credit Systems 43.11 18 Francaise Des Jeux 51.32 19 T-Mobile Team 57.33 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04.35 21 Gerolsteiner 1.05.14 22 Team Milram 1.33.11 Trofeo Super Team 1 Lampre - Fondital 38 pts 2 Liquigas 31 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 4 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 22 5 Astana 20 6 Team CSC 18 7 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15 8 Bouygues Telecom 14 9 Caisse D'Epargne 10 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 11 AG2r Prevoyance 4 12 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 1 13 Predictor - Lotto 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 16 Francaise Des Jeux 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 18 T-Mobile Team 19 Rabobank 20 Credit Agricole 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Team Milram General Classification after stage 12 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 56.42.25 2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.03 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.16 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.25 5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.39 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.10 7 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.14 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.34 9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2.48 10 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 3.28 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.03 12 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.11 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.03 14 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 7.07 15 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 7.51 16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.16 17 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 9.15 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 9.20 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.34 20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10.05 21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.13 22 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11.55 23 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.58 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 12.02 25 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 12.08 26 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.10 27 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.16 28 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13.28 29 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.40 30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.05 31 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 14.16 32 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.11 33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 16.15 34 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16.57 35 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17.06 36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.37 37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.13 38 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.51 39 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 19.20 41 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.24 42 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.40 43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20.00 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 20.12 45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.26 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 20.42 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 20.44 48 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20.56 49 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.34 50 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 23.25 51 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 23.53 52 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.28 53 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.37 54 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 26.01 55 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.50 56 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 27.16 57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 27.31 58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 30.40 59 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 60 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.29 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 34.49 62 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 35.32 63 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.10 64 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.02 65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 37.52 66 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 38.12 67 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38.46 68 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 39.59 69 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41.33 70 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 43.18 71 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 45.12 72 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 45.30 73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46.20 74 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 46.33 75 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 46.38 76 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 48.00 77 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48.01 78 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 48.25 79 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 49.11 80 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.12 81 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 50.19 82 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 50.28 83 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 50.32 84 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.06 85 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 53.20 86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 53.51 87 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 54.07 88 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.43 89 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 55.11 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55.47 91 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 56.06 92 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56.23 93 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 56.44 94 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 56.49 95 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 58.30 96 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 58.35 97 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 58.48 98 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1.03.16 99 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 1.03.31 100 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.04.10 101 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.04.22 102 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 1.05.10 103 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.05.31 104 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.05.43 105 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.05.51 106 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.20 107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.07.44 108 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07.47 109 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 1.08.37 110 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.22 111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.10.16 112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.10.23 113 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.11.05 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.11.25 115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.11.43 116 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1.12.22 117 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.12.58 118 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.14.06 119 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.15.17 120 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 1.17.09 121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.17.17 122 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.17.43 123 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 1.19.29 124 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.19.40 125 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.19.57 126 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1.21.09 127 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.21.36 128 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.22.01 129 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.23.02 130 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.23.21 131 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.24.14 132 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.24.29 133 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25.22 134 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.26.04 135 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26.30 136 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.26.53 137 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 1.30.48 138 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.05 139 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.31.59 140 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.32.37 141 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.32.51 142 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.35.08 143 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.36.16 144 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.36.32 145 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.36.36 146 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.37.04 147 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.37.36 148 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.39.26 149 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 1.43.07 150 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1.48.15 151 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49.18 152 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.50.47 153 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.51.23 154 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.54.28 155 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.57.23 156 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.59.29 157 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.02.05 158 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.06.05 159 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 2.06.56 Points Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 135 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 76 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 74 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 59 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 56 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 7 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 37 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 37 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 30 12 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 29 13 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 15 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 16 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24 18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 19 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 20 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 21 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 21 22 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 24 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18 25 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 26 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 27 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 29 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 14 30 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12 32 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 33 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12 34 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 35 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11 36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 37 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 38 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 10 39 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 40 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 10 41 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 42 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 43 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 44 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 8 45 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 46 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 47 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 8 48 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 8 49 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 8 50 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 51 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 7 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 53 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 54 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 55 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 7 56 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 58 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 59 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 60 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 61 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 62 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 63 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 64 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 4 66 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 67 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 68 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 3 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 70 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 71 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 72 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 74 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 75 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 76 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 77 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 78 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 79 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 80 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 81 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1 82 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 83 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 84 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital -6 86 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -10 Mountains Classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 35 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 3 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23 4 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15 7 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11 11 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 12 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 14 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 15 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 4 16 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 17 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 18 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 20 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 21 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 2 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 24 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 25 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 26 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 27 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1 28 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 30 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 31 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 32 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 TV Garibaldi Classification 1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 pts 2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 4 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 5 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 7 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 8 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 9 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 10 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 12 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 13 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 15 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 16 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 4 19 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 22 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 23 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2 25 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 27 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 28 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 29 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1 30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 33 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 34 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Best Young Rider Classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 56.43.50 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.46 3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.51 4 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.15 5 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.40 6 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 12.51 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14.50 8 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15.41 9 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.48 10 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.01 11 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19.31 12 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.12 13 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 34.45 14 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 36.47 15 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40.08 16 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 43.47 17 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 45.13 18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 51.55 19 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 55.19 20 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 55.24 21 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 57.05 22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 57.10 23 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 57.23 24 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.09.40 25 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.13.52 26 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 1.15.44 27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1.19.44 28 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.21.56 29 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.49 30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 1.29.23 31 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.29.40 32 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30.34 33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.31.12 34 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33.43 35 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.34.51 36 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.35.07 37 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.35.39 38 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.36.11 39 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.38.01 40 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.49.58 41 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.58.04 42 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.00.40 43 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.04.40 Most Combative Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 31 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 21 3 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 17 5 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12 9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 10 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 11 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 12 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 15 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 16 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 18 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 19 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 20 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 21 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 22 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 23 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 26 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 6 27 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 28 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 29 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 30 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 31 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 32 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 35 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 4 36 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 38 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 39 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 41 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 42 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 43 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 44 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 47 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 48 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 49 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1 50 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 51 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1 52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 53 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 54 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 55 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 56 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Azzurri d'Italia Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 4 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 11 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1 14 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Trofeo Fuga Gilera Classification 1 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 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 268 6 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 206 7 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 206 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 9 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 173 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 11 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 170 12 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 170 13 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 148 14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 148 15 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 118 17 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 118 18 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 19 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 109 20 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 21 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 22 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 94 23 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 92 24 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 92 25 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 79 27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 24 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 24 32 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 15 34 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Trofeo Fast Team Classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 168.59.40 2 Liquigas 6.40 3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10.18 4 Astana 13.03 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.09 6 Predictor - Lotto 30.22 7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 32.25 8 Team CSC 40.01 9 Caisse D'Epargne 40.14 10 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 43.32 11 AG2r Prevoyance 43.39 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 52.26 13 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 54.55 14 Rabobank 1.07.13 15 Credit Agricole 1.13.10 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.13.50 17 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.28.42 18 T-Mobile Team 1.32.21 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.38.18 20 Francaise Des Jeux 1.38.50 21 Gerolsteiner 1.44.28 22 Team Milram 2.48.45 Trofeo Super Team Classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 244 pts 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 205 3 Liquigas 202 4 Caisse D'Epargne 151 5 Team Milram 148 6 AG2r Prevoyance 143 7 Team CSC 134 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 134 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 132 10 Astana 121 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 121 12 Credit Agricole 120 13 Predictor - Lotto 114 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 96 15 Gerolsteiner 92 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 17 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 75 18 Bouygues Telecom 65 19 Rabobank 57 20 T-Mobile Team 40 21 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 32 22 Francaise Des Jeux 13 Fair Play 1 Caisse D'Epargne 0 pts 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 4 Francaise Des Jeux 5 AG2r Prevoyance 6 Predictor - Lotto 3 7 Liquigas 25 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 25 10 T-Mobile Team 25 11 Bouygues Telecom 25 12 Gerolsteiner 30 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 14 Astana 50 15 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 50 16 Team Milram 50 17 Rabobank 63 18 Credit Agricole 63 19 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 135 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 21 Team CSC 155 22 Lampre - Fondital 180
