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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
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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.]"
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) at the race start.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) at the start.
- The peloton up the snowy Passo di Campolongo.
- Riders stopped in the tunnel to put on warmer cloths.
- Garzelli and Bettini talk in the tunnel.
- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) talks with Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic).
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) talks to the race directeur.
- Race leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) goes through the tunnel.
- Bettini and Di Luca talk in the tunnel.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) looks tough.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) warms up in the tunnel.
- José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) climbs.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) digs.
- Peloton rides slow.
- Peloton rode slow in the first two hours.
- Snowy climbs greeted the riders.
- The Passo di Campolongo started the day.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) descends.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) guns it on the decent.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) in the Maglia Rosa.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) in the Maglia Ciclamino.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) guns it home.
- The chase gave up on catching Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) on the attack.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) in stage 16.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) holds the chasers at bay.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) moves towards eventual victory.
- Giro stage win number six for Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) after a hard day.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) wins solo.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) relieved with his amazing effort.
- Deep breaths for Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
- The sprint for second was taken by Laurent Mangel (Ag2r Prévoyance).
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) on the podium.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) on the podium for GC leader.
- Garzelli happy.
- Kisses for Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
- Baci as they say in Italian. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) salutes the crowd like a rock star.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) seeing green.
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
