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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 11 - Wednesday, May 23: Serravalle Scrivia - Pinerolo, 198 km
Petacchi triples - Peloton slides in
Maglia Rosa Noè finishes day on his backside
By Gregor Brown
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Alessandro Petacchi, showing some of the sparkling form that propelled him to a record nine Giro d'Italia wins in 2004, used his unbeatable turn of speed to take his third Giro win on stage 11. Petacchi prevailed in a messy dash to the line in Pinerolo that saw a huge pileup behind the first ten riders, besting Italian Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) and Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) after 198 kilometres in the saddle.
"I think today was dangerous but my companions did well," noted Petacchi after his 22nd Giro stage victory. "Maybe they went from too far out. I lost a little bit of speed [through the final bend] but I was able to make a great remount."
Just before the finish line, the wet pavement caused Nikolai Trusov's (Tinkoff Credit Systems) to lose control from a top ten position, and his crash caused a domino-like effect that resulted in maglia rosa Andrea Noè (Liquigas) sliding across the line on his backside. World Champion Paolo Bettini was also among the crash victims, but he and Noè were for the most part unharmed. Noè held onto the race lead, keeping his 1'08" advantage over Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital).
The day was characterised by a long solo breakaway by Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis), who nearly cracked under the strain of his efforts and stopped in tears at the halfway point in the stage, but soldiered on until 11 kilometres to go before being caught. With the sprinters focusing on the finale, specifically a dangerous U-turn to the right at 3800 metres to go, the peloton negotiated the tricky bend safely before yet another last-minute attack from the Tinkoff team. It was once again Mikhail Ignatiev, the Russian Olympic Champion, who was pulled back by Petacchi's diminished train of four right under three kilometres remaining.
As the metres ticked down, the fight for Petacchi's wheel was in full fury, with McEwen and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) fighting for position while Crédit Agricole's Bodrogi launched Julian Dean off the front. All the while, Petacchi kept his cool, first behind Lorenzetto and then Lancaster while the New Zealand champion rocketed up the road with 600 metres remaining. "I was afraid with the water and I did not want another crash with my knee," Petacchi confessed, "Lancaster went at 600 metres and did a great job. I was happy with his work because I was really scared over the wet pavement."
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With Dean reeled in, Napolitano and McEwen continued to fight for Petacchi's wheel in the final left-hand bend at 250m, but when Petacchi fired up his cylinders, he displayed his dominant form that seemed to elude him since he broke his kneecap in last year's Giro, and easily kept McEwen at bay. Acqua & Sapone's Balducci ended up third behind the Italian and Australian.
"Balducci did well to come up. I have known him for many years." Regarding the emerging rivals, Petacchi added, "In a sprint like this, on a slight decent [a 37m elevation drop in the last 3.7km - ed.], it is easy for the others to re-enter, like Balducci."
Thor Hushovd and stage nine winner Danilo Napolitano came across safely in fourth and fifth, but as Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) tried to play his cards in the sprint, he lost traction on the wet pavement and slid out, taking down World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) with him. The crash ricocheted through the peloton as riders tried to brake to avoid the carnage, with Benoît Joachim (Astana) and Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom) hitting the deck next.
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Andrea Noè's pink race leader's jersey and matching shorts couldn't protect him from the force of gravity, and the maglia rosa arrived in a most ungraceful fashion as Noè skidded over the line on his backside. "I arrived, sliding across the line," he recalled. "Unfortunately the sprinters braked on the line but it remains a mystery why," said the 38 year-old.
"Tomorrow we will see. It will be a hard day for [Danilo] Di Luca but also for everyone else," finished Noè.
Having taken nine Giro wins in 2004, six in 2005, and then crashing out before winning any in 2006, Petacchi is uncertain whether he will contend for more wins in this year's Giro or cut his risks. "I still am not sure if I will go on from here. I want to do a good Tour [de France], so I don't know. I will enjoy this victory now and then tonight I will talk to [DS Gianluigi] Stanga. I will think about it."
Of the GC hopefuls who were affected by the maxi-caduta ('big crash'), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), third overall in 2003, seemed to be in bad shape at the finish line, leading to doubts as to whether he will start stage 12 to Briançon. Two-time Giro d'Italia champion Paolo Savoldelli also went down, but was unhurt, while Euskaltel-Euskadi's Aitor Hernandez finished the stage, but was later confirmed with a fractured collarbone, and will not take the start on stage 12.
How it unfolded
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Today's stage from Serravalle Scrivia to Pinerolo started at 12:02 when 171 riders rolled out. Flèche Wallonne Champion Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) did not take to the start line.
Through small Italian cities, like Novi Ligure and Ovada, the riders stayed 'gruppo compatto' (meaning the peloton was all together). After the first hour of racing the pace was at 30 kilometres per hour, a completely different story than yesterday's stage, where the pace was an amazing 51.2 km/h.
Shortly after this first hour there was an attack by Frenchman Lilian Jegou (Française Des Jeux) and Belgian Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom). The former took the sprint at the line in Cremolino (kilometre 37.8).
This duo was absorbed by the peloton and, by kilometre 38, there were to more riders off the front, Frenchmen Carl Naibo (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis). Two kilometres later, Naibo had faded gone and his compatriot had taken 50". This time gap turned into 1'48" by kilometre 45.
In Acqui Terme, kilometre 50.8, the lone rider had 3'55", and by Bubbio, kilometre 68.3, he had 5'10". The riders continued at a gentlemen's pace; the average was 32.5 km/h after two hours of racing.
After three hours of racing, in Borgomale (kilometre 94), the gap reached 8'14" but then the 28 year-old had a moment of crisis. At 15:15 the Frenchman, born in Geneva, stopped on the side of the road. While the cameramen did their jobs, taking photos, he was crying in the arms of his directeur. He only took back on his bike after some encouraging words by his directeur sportif.
This stop dropped the gap down to 3'16" at kilometre 101. But due to the Gruppo Maglia Rosa putting on the brakes and having a relaxed day, the gap to Buffaz had shot up to 7'05" at 75 kilometres to the finish (kilometre 123). Buffaz was seen waving to the camera and, now, enjoying the day and not really 'trying' to build his gap. He must have been thinking that the day would belong to the sprinters' teams of Milram, Predictor and Crédit Agricole.
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In Bra, where it was 34°C at 69.5 kilometres to go, Buffaz's gap had gone higher than the pre-crisis time of 8'14", to 9'15". This started to fall as Danilo Napolitano's Lampre men moved to the front. By 60 kilometres to go Milram added its men and the gap was falling further, to 6'15".
With fifty kilometres remaining Buffaz was clinging onto a gap of 5'55". It was looking bad for the Cofidis man; Milram, Lampre and Predictor were adding coals to the chase-fire while clouds and winds were making the going tough.
Buffaz took the Garibaldi sprint in Saluzzo (-38.1 km) and the peloton passed, led by Nicolas Crosbie (Bouygues Telecom) and then Simone Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), 4'15" later. The race started to fall at the same moment. By 30 kilometres to go, with rain hitting heavily in Pinerolo, the gap had fallen to 2'42".
Tinkoff was moving some of its men to the front to prepare for a counter-attack. By 20 kilometres to got Buffaz was barely holding on to a one minute gap. Petacchi was tightening his toe-straps and ordering his Milram milk men to the front, like Mirco Lorenzetto. But there was also Hushovd's Crédit Agricole men moving to the front.
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The gap had dramatically tumbled to 24" only five kilometres later. The sprinters teams were gearing up and ready to fire over the wet roads. Slightly up the road Buffaz was waving goodbye to the TV viewers. His dramatic day ended at kilometre 187 and the 'gruppo compatto' had 11 kilometres remaining for counter-attacks.
One had the sense that Oleg Tinkov's Tinkoff boys would fire as they had been amassing at the front over the final few kilometres. They were joined by Acqua e Sapone, who were setting up for Balducci. The water and soap team slowly led through the U-turn that Mikhail Ignatiev used as his launch pad.
A relatively quite Tinkoff day became animated but it did not last long. Milram, washing out Acqua, caught the 22 year-old Russian after the road curved right onto Via Giustetto. Off of this road, slighting turning onto the Stradale di Fenestrelle, Milram led for the eventual Petacchi win.
Stage 12 - Thursday, May 24: Scalenghe - Briançon (Francia), 163 km
The first major mountains of the 90th Giro d'Italia loom to the west of Torino in the Alps on the Italian/French border. The antipasto is the heavy duty Colle dell'Agnello, a 21.3-kilometre beast that rises to 2744 metres after 102 kilometres of racing. At the summit, the road plunges into France and at the famous road junction in Chateau-Queyras, turns right up the southern face of the evocative Col d'Izoard.
This legendary Tour de France ascent covers 14.2 kilometres at an average of 7.1% and the last few kilometres traverse the picturesque section called the Casse Deserte. Once over the 2360-metre summit, it's a steep descent to finish in Briançon. Look for the Giro strong-men to emerge on Stage 12.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Andrea Noè (Liquigas) in the Maglia Rosa with his daughter.
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) in the Maglia Bianca at the start.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) rides in stage 11.
- Andrea Noè (Liquigas) in the race leader's Maglia Rosa.
- 38 year-old Andrea Noè (Liquigas) in the Maglia Rosa.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) had a 'rest day.'
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) rides in the Maglia Bianca at age 21.
- Balducci and Petacchi fight out the sprint.
- Number three for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) wins.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) wins in the Maglia Ciclamino.
- The sprint crashes starting with Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) finishes ahead of a crash.
- Bettini and Trusov on the deck.
- Bettini and Trusov start the domino effect.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) hits the ground.
- World Champ Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) crashed in the sprint.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) on the ground after the maxi-caduta.
- Bikes everywhere in the race finale.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) checks his wounds.
- Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) after the stage crash.
- Is it broken? Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has his injuries examined. He broke his collarbone.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) checks his wounds.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) concludes a day of of work.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) thanks his lucky stars he did not crash.
- Smiling Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) after Giro win number 22.
- Race Director Angelo Zomegnan.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) reflects on a another win.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) zips up the Maglia Verde.
- Kisses for Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) for keeping the Maglia Verde.
- Andrea Noè (Liquigas) kept the Maglia Rosa.
- Andrea Noè (Liquigas) lets the bubbly flow after sliding home in stage 11.
- Ciclamino kisses for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Bianca kisses for young rider Andy Schleck (Team CSC).
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5.46.59 (34.237 km/h) 2 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 11 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 12 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 15 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 20 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 22 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 25 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 28 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 29 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 32 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 33 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 37 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 38 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 41 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 45 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 46 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 47 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 48 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 50 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 51 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 55 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 57 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 58 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 59 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 60 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 61 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 63 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 64 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 66 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 67 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 71 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 73 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 74 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 75 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 77 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 78 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 79 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 80 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 83 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 85 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 86 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 88 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 89 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 90 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 92 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 93 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 94 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 97 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 98 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 99 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 100 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 103 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 106 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 108 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 109 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 111 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 112 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 113 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 114 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 115 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 117 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 119 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 120 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 123 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 124 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 126 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 127 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 130 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 131 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 132 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 133 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 135 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 136 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 137 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 138 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 139 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 140 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 141 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 142 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 143 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 144 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 146 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 147 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 148 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 149 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 150 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 151 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 152 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 153 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 155 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 157 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 158 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 159 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 160 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 161 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 162 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 163 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 0.54 164 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.56 165 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.57 166 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 167 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 168 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.50 169 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1.55 170 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4.07 171 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 25 pts 2 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 16 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 8 9 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 6 12 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 5 14 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 16 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3 17 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 19 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 20 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 21 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 TV Garibaldi 1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 pts 2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 4 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Most Combative 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 5 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 7 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 8 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 9 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 11 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Azurri D'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 pts 2 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1 Fuga Gilera 1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 147 pts Trofeo Fast Team 1 Credit Agricole 2 Team Milram 3 AG2r Prevoyance 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Predictor - Lotto 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 7 Astana 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Liquigas 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Lampre - Fondital 15 Rabobank 16 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 17 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 18 Quick Step - Innergetic 19 Caisse D'Epargne 20 Francaise Des Jeux 21 T-Mobile Team 22 Team CSC Trofeo Super Team 1 Credit Agricole 2 Team Milram 3 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 4 Predictor - Lotto 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Lampre - Fondital 7 AG2r Prevoyance 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Liquigas 10 Rabobank 11 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Astana 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 19 Caisse D'Epargne 20 T-Mobile Team 21 Francaise Des Jeux 22 Team CSC General classification after stage 11 1 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 51.53.08 2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.08 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.15 4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.38 5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.48 6 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.04 7 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 2.06 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.58 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.11 10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.22 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.03 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.04 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.29 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.32 15 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 4.40 16 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.06 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.20 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.24 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.27 20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 5.44 21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 5.51 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 6.07 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.24 24 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.52 25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6.57 26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7.09 27 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.13 28 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.45 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7.51 30 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7.57 31 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.03 32 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 8.10 33 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.16 34 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9.21 35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.50 36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.02 37 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.08 38 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.43 39 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 10.46 40 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.04 41 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.35 42 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.04 43 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12.11 44 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 12.23 45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.51 46 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.02 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 13.03 48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.27 49 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.28 50 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.34 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.35 52 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.37 53 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13.44 54 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13.47 55 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 13.59 56 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 14.33 57 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 14.44 58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 14.55 59 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 14.59 60 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.22 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.16 62 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 16.31 63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 17.40 64 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18.09 65 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18.28 66 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 18.35 67 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 18.53 68 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.57 69 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20.09 70 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 21.34 71 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.39 72 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 22.02 73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.52 74 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 23.04 75 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.33 76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 25.18 77 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.43 78 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.44 79 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 26.27 80 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 26.28 81 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 26.44 82 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 26.51 83 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 27.04 84 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 28.06 85 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 30.29 86 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 30.30 87 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.39 88 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.15 89 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31.43 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.19 91 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 33.21 92 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 35.54 93 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 36.12 94 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.13 95 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.29 96 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 37.09 97 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 37.11 98 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 37.25 99 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 37.29 100 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 38.36 101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 40.00 102 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 40.54 103 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 40.55 104 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.09 105 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 41.22 106 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 42.01 107 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 42.06 108 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 42.29 109 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42.52 110 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 43.09 111 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 43.37 112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 44.16 113 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 114 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.19 115 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44.36 116 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 44.45 117 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45.44 118 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.01 119 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 47.27 120 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 47.37 121 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 48.15 122 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 48.23 123 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 49.13 124 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 49.24 125 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49.28 126 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 49.41 127 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 50.43 128 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 51.00 129 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 51.05 130 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 51.49 131 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 52.46 132 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 53.05 133 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.33 134 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53.39 135 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 53.41 136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.58 137 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.13 138 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55.06 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 55.48 140 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58.33 141 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 58.34 142 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 59.47 143 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.49 144 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.02.35 145 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.03.02 146 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.38 147 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.04.07 148 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.04.42 149 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.05.48 150 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.06.16 151 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.06.45 152 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.06.48 153 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.09 154 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.09.10 155 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.09.22 156 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 1.10.54 157 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 1.12.51 158 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.13.08 159 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14.23 160 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1.17.59 161 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.18.33 162 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.20.31 163 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.23.13 164 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.24.12 165 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.27.08 166 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.28.27 167 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.30.57 168 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.31.49 169 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.35.49 170 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 1.36.40 171 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.42.07 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 135 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 92 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 76 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 64 6 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 59 7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 57 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 56 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 49 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 37 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 30 13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 29 14 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 17 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 19 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 20 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 24 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 25 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18 26 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 18 27 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18 28 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 29 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 30 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 31 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 32 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 33 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 34 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 36 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12 38 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 39 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12 40 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 42 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 10 44 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 45 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 10 46 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 47 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9 49 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 8 50 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 51 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 8 53 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 8 54 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 55 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 7 56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 57 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 59 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 7 60 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 61 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 62 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 63 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 64 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 65 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 66 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 67 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 68 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 69 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 4 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 4 71 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 72 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 73 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 74 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 3 75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 76 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 77 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 79 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 81 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 82 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 83 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 84 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 86 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1 87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 89 MULLER Martin 1 90 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC -5 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital -6 92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -10 Mountains Classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 4 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 8 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 10 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 14 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 16 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 18 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 19 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 2 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 22 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 23 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 24 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1 26 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 28 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 29 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 30 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Best Young Rider Classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 51.57.12 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02 3 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.53 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3.05 5 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.41 6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.59 7 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.58 8 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.00 9 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.47 10 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9.43 11 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10.29 12 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10.40 13 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.24 14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.49 15 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.35 16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 19.00 17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 21.14 18 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.39 19 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 22.24 20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 22.40 21 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29.17 22 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 34.32 23 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 38.25 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 39.05 25 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 43.33 26 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 46.39 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47.45 28 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 49.01 29 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 49.37 30 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.54 31 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.45 32 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.34 33 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.00.03 34 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.01.44 35 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.02.12 36 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.02.41 37 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.02.44 38 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.05 39 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05.06 40 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 1.06.50 41 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.19 42 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.23.04 43 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.26.53 44 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.27.45 45 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.31.45 Most Combative Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 31 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 22 3 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 17 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 11 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 10 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 12 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 13 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 14 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 15 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 19 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 20 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 24 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 26 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 28 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 6 29 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 30 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 32 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 33 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 34 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 35 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 37 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 38 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 40 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 41 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 42 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 45 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 46 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 48 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 50 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 51 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 52 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 53 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1 54 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 55 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 59 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 60 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 61 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Azurri d'Italia Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 7 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 13 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 17 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1 18 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 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 268 6 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 240 7 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 206 8 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 206 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 10 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 173 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 171 13 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 170 14 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 170 15 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 148 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 148 17 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 118 18 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 118 19 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 109 21 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 22 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 94 23 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 92 25 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 92 26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 15 29 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Trofeo Fast Team Classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 2 Liquigas 3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Astana 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 Predictor - Lotto 7 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 8 Caisse D'Epargne 9 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 11 Team CSC 12 AG2r Prevoyance 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Rabobank 15 Credit Agricole 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 T-Mobile Team 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 Francaise Des Jeux 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Team Milram Trofeo Super Team Classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Liquigas 4 Team Milram 5 Caisse D'Epargne 6 AG2r Prevoyance 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 8 Credit Agricole 9 Team CSC 10 Predictor - Lotto 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Astana 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 18 Rabobank 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 T-Mobile Team 21 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 22 Francaise Des Jeux TV Garibaldi Classification 1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 pts 2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 3 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9 4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 5 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 6 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 7 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 8 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 10 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 11 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 12 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 14 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 16 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 4 17 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 18 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 22 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 23 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2 26 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 27 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 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 35 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Fair Play Classification 1 Liquigas 0 pts 2 Caisse D'Epargne 3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Astana 5 Predictor - Lotto 6 AG2r Prevoyance 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 8 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 9 Francaise Des Jeux 10 Team Milram 11 Gerolsteiner 5 12 Credit Agricole 13 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 15 T-Mobile Team 25 16 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 25 17 Bouygues Telecom 25 18 Rabobank 38 19 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 50 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 21 Team CSC 120 22 Lampre - Fondital 180
