Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Dauphiné Libéré Photo ©: Sirotti |
90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Live report Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 15 - Sunday, May 27: Trento - Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, 184 km
Riccò takes his first on mythical Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Di Luca shows tremendous grit to save Maglia Rosa
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney
|
23 year-old Riccardo Riccò has added his name to a list that includes Merckx and Gimondi by conquering the 184-kilometre stage to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and in the process has won his first Giro d'Italia stage. He crossed the line with early escape companion, teammate Piepoli, with Ivan Parra (Cofidis) and Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) following behind.
In the fight for Maglia Rosa Danilo Di Luca reined champion by controlling the dangerous gap to attacker Eddy Mazzoleni. The Astana rider moved up the overall, 1'51" behind Liquigas' Di Luca, but was not able to take the race lead. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was not able to put Di Luca into difficulty and ended the day content with his team's success. Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) finished sixth, behind his former leader.
"Thanks to Gibo to let me and Leo [Piepoli] go for the stage, I am very happy to have a teammate like him," said Riccò after the stage, complementing his team captain, Simoni. "We did the climb this winter. He called me and said 'come with me and we will ride the hardest stage of the Giro.'"
Riccò was part of the Saunier one-two when his teammate opened the throttle at 325 metres to the top of the cold Tre Cime summit. The stage win moved him up in the GC and closer to his pre-Giro objective, the young riders Maglia Bianca. He is now only 43" behind leader Andy Schleck (Team CSC).
"I am happy to win my first Giro stage, and it was the hardest stage of the Giro."
|
Eddy Merckx, winner on Tre Cime di Lavaredo in 1968, was on hand to witness the moment. "That win was my most memorable," he reflected. "It is hard to make parallels back to my day but this was truly a difficult day," said the five-time Giro winner. "Today was very, very hard and young Riccò did an amazing job. He first did lots of work with Piepoli on the Pellegrino and then was able to win on the Tre Cime. ... I think both Riccò and Andy Schleck are two riders for the future."
Leo Piepoli waved through his young mate in the final 75 metres. The rider from Puglia had worn the Maglia Verde of best climber all day, however it was on loan from Di Luca and Piepoli set affairs correct by moving in the lead with 19 points.
Colombian Parra and Mexican Pérez provide an international mix to the finale but neither of the true mountain-men could match Saunier's aces. Romping towards the line, just under one minute later, was Mazzoleni. The rider who was named after Merckx was at one point the virtual race leader but ended the day satisfied with his seven-place jump in the overall; he is now in second.
After to Riccò, Di Luca's performance shined the brightest on this cloudy, mythical day to Tre Cime. 'The Killer' struck at 2000 metres to go and left behind a dead looking Simoni, Cunego and Schleck. He was out to save his pink jersey that was in the claws of Mazzoleni.
|
"Mazzoleni had attacked us on the descent of Giau and I just tried to save myself," recalled Di Luca of the taxing moment. "I was without teammates, but, in the end, I was happy with the result. ... At one point I did not have the maglia but I managed my force in the final kilometres."
Di Luca can consider himself luckily to have the lead when his team had disappeared and Saunier was on the hunt. "My team was tired, they had pulled early. Mazzoleni put in a good attack and I had to finish off the work." Di Luca is now looking at the final difficult stages before the race wraps up in Milano, next Sunday. "Mazzoleni is close on the classification and he can go well in the crono. But I am also watching Schleck."
"Di Luca has good form and his team has worked hard," echoed Merckx. "He as enough experience to manage himself over the next days. Tomorrow is a rest day and he will just need to handle the final difficult stages."
Simoni lost another opportunity to dunk Di Luca into the deep end. On home roads, he simply did not have the legs to mount an offensive on Di Luca and join his teammates up the road. "I had good teammates up front and I am happy for them," Gibo noted optimistically. "It was a really hard stage but I am very content. Saunier Duval showed a lot of force today."
He said to his winning teammate, "Complements to you Riccò! I said when he left 'you are crazy!'" ... I am going for the Maglia Rosa, the time doesn't matter, I will go on." He is fourth overall.
Cunego, who is looking tired the tail-end of the Corsa Rosa, was also with out a punch to throw at Di Luca. "We tried but it is like that. I will try everyday, not just wait until Zoncolan. Everyday will be a battle," concluded an exhausted Cunego.
How it unfolded
|
As the skies cleared from morning rain and church bells rang throughout Trento, 146 riders departed Piazza Duomo at 11:15 this morning for a mythical, monumental Sunday ride through the Dolomiti Mountains to a mountaintop finish on the Tre Cime Di Lavaredo climb. It was to be the big stage, or "tappone" of the 90th Giro d'Italia.
The gruppo compatto headed due north along the Adige River valley with a tailwind, passing through vineyards of Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay towards the climb up to Cavalese and the Val di Fiemme to pierce the hard heart of the Dolomiti Mountains. Along the Strada Statale 12 "Brennero" towards the Brenner Pass, there were attacks and counter-attacks and eventually a big group of the right combination of riders made up the early break which escaped after 21 kilometres. 12 kilometres later, the break had 3'00" after 40 kilometres covered.
Next up was the as the 16-kilometre ascent from Ora in the Adige Valley up to San Lugano where the Val di Fiemme began. The big break, now at 5'00", was composed of World Champ Paulo Bettini (Quickstep) Cannada and Belohvosciks (Saunier Duval), Marzano (Lampre), Totò Commesso, Contrini and Brutt (Tinkoff), Nocentini and Mondory (Ag2r), Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) Lucky Baliani (Panaria), Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Penna (Euskaltel), Jegou (FDJeux), Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Jufré and Zanini (Predictor-Lotto), Rasmussen (Rabobank), Knees (Milram), Aaron Olson (T-Mobile) and Billy Bileka (Discovery).
The Liquigas team of Maglia Rosa was riding tempo on the front and by Moena at the foot of the first rated climb of the day, the Passo San Pellegrino, an 11.8-kilometre ascent, with a 6.4% average gradient with sections of up to 14 percent, the break had a gap of 6'52" and was collaborating well.
Back in the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, the Saunier Duval strategy di giorno quickly became clear after 84 kilometres; they sent Piepoli and Riccò on a counter-attack after five kilometres on the San Pellegrino climb and, who were quickly who joined by climbers Parra (Cofidis) and Pérez Cuapio (Panaria). This quartet gained ground on the break and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa.
At the feed zone in Cencenighe Agordo after 110 kilometres, the break had 4'27" on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa while the Piepoli counter-attack had joined the big break five kilometres later. On the uncategorized 10-kilometre ascent from ski resort of Alleghe up to the summit of Colle Santa Lucia, Saunier Duval sent Cannada to up the pace and this caused about half of the break to go out the back by the summit of Colle Santa Lucia, where the road descends to the Passo Giau, a 9.8-kilometre ascent at 9.4% average gradient.
As the Passo Giau began in Selva di Cadore, Piepoli then hit the front on the cloudy wet road with temperatures in mid-teens but no rain was falling.
|
It was the fourth time in Giro history over Passo Giau as only Pérez Cuapio, Parra and Rasmussen could stay with the two Saunier Duval riders. A fifty strong Gruppo Maglia Rosa was at 3'15" with Liquigas riding well with Spezialetti on the front, but after three kilometres of Giau, Paolo Savoldelli moved to the front and notably upped the pace as he was working for teammate Eddy Mazzoleni. This blew the Gruppo Maglia Rosa apart, with all of Maglia Rosa's Liquigas teammates going out the back. Cunego was also isolated, as Bruseghin and Vila were dropped.
Another victim of the Astana attack was Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) who was popped and was struggling to get back on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa with his teammate Branislau Samoilau..
At the front of the race, halfway to the summit to Passo Giau, Piepoli's powerful progression had already popped almost everyone in the break, except his teammate Riccò, magic Mexican Pérez Cuapio (Panaria) and Parra (Cofidis), while the ever diminishing Gruppo Maglia Rosa was at 3'10" with just eight riders left; Savoldelli, Mazzoleni, Schleck, Simoni and Arroyo. As Didi Devil ran alongside the break with three kilometres to the summit of Passo Giau, Pérez Cuapio took the devils trident from him and poked Piepoli, then gave it back to the German! The magic Mexican was pleased with himself and cracked a big smile, as next to him, Colombian Ivan Parra was struggling with the ascent.
Behind in the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 2.7 kilometres from the summit of Passo Giau, Di Luca got tired of Savoldelli's antics and said "basta." The Maglia Rosa accelerated hard and only Schleck, Mazzoleni, Cunego and Simoni could stay with him. Up front, sat the 40-kilometre to go arch, Piepoli slowed slightly and Riccò then took over on the front. The riders put on their wind jackets as the temperature was just five degrees and at the summit of the 2236m high Passo di Giau. Di Luca's pace had personally pulled back 30" to 2'45", with Savoldelli, Petrov and Pozzovivo chasing hard at 3'15", and Garzelli, Bruseghin and others chasing at 4'30".
|
Parra was gapped by Piepoli and Riccò on the fast 20-kilometre descent to the world famous ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo as was Pérez Cuapio, the break passed through Cortina d'Ampezzo and both Parra and Pérez Cuapio had rejoined the break. As super descender Savoldelli regained the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, he went to the front and attacked with his teammate Mazzoleni on the descent in Pocol with 28 kilometres remaining. It was a brilliant move that would have major consequences in the final outcome of the stage.
Through Cortina d'Ampezzo the chase was on; the four front riders were still together and Saunier Duval's aggressive strategy was paying off, but Mazzoleni and Savoldelli were coming up fast on the break, and also gaining time on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa. With 20 kilometres to race. as the penultimate ascent of the Passo Tre Croci began, an eight-kilometre ascent with an average of 7.2%, the front quartet was together, with Savoldelli, Mazzoleni and Rasmussen chasing at 1'50" and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 3'15".
Mazzoleni had gained 1'25" on Di Luca in eight kilometres by the foot of the Tre Croci. Savoldelli had done his work and he peeled off to let his Astana teammate fly away after the leaders.
At the Passo Tre Croci GPM, with 14 kilometres to race, a few raindrops were now falling from the threatening skies as the four front fugitives were still led by Piepoli and Riccò, while Mazzoleni was coming up fast, just at 1'20". Rasmussen was now alone in no man's land at 2'46" behind and closing on the front of the race while, further back, the Gruppo Maglia Rosa contained Di Luca, Schleck, Cunego, Sella, Pozzovivo, Petrov, Arroyo, Savoldelli and Simoni. The gap between the break and Gruppo Maglia Rosa was now 4'00", which meant that Riccò and Mazzoleni had both taken time from Di Luca. There were now three Panaria riders in the Gruppo Maglia Rosa as Luckily Baliani had gotten back on.
|
The cold rain had increased on the short descent from the Passo Tre Croci and as soon as the road turned back up, Parra attacked but was covered by Piepoli. At 10 kilometres to go, Mazzoleni was 1'24" behind the break, with the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 4'24" and Mazzoleni was now just a few seconds out of the Maglia Rosa Virtuale.
It was past Lago di Misurina and then the steep 7.2-kilometre ascent to Tre Cime Di Lavaredo commenced, with its 7.6% average grade and sections up to 18%. Riccò took off solo and quickly gained 15" on the other three. Behind, Mazzoleni's lead had grown to 3'30" on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa and the Astana man was dreaming the impossible dream, as he had become the Maglia Rosa Virtuale. But Mazzoleni's dream lasted only a few kilometres, as Di Luca still had something left.
With three kilometres to go to the summit of Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, there was a mano a mano battle at the front of the break between Riccò and Pérez Cuapio on the terrible, steep ramp of a road, while Mazzoleni had faded a bit and was now 1'20" behind the break. In the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, Cunego had attacked and Di Luca covered, then made his own move 500 metres later that shredded his group when he went. Simoni could only follow 10 metres behind as the Maglia Rosa showed just how strong he still was. The break passed under the one-kilometre kite, Parra made an attack that was countered by Riccò, which dropped Pérez Cuapio definitively. Riccò kept going in the final kilometre and only his teammate Piepoli could stay with him.
Atop Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, Riccò took his first career win at the Giro d'Italia, with Parra third at 10", Pérez Cuapio fourth at 32". Mazzoleni powered home 1'29" for fifth but his rosa dream was ended by the Maglia Rosa himself, as Di Luca flew up the last three kilometres faster than any rider and was sixth, 2'53" behind Riccò and 1'24" from Mazzoleni. Simoni was next across the finish line atop Tre Cime Di Lavaredo at 3'30" and had lost almost a minute to Di Luca, while Cunego was eighth, just six seconds behind Simoni.
The GC picture has changed notably after Stage 15 in the 90th Giro d'Italia. Di Luca is still in command, while Astana man Mazzoleni's audacious move Sunday move him from ninth on GC at 3'15" to second at 1'51".
Best Young Rider Andy Schleck hung tough on a difficult stage to maintain third on GC and lost only 16" to Di Luca. Saunier Duval's Gibo Simoni moved up one place to fourth, but lost 37" to Di Luca. Cunego slid down one place to fifth and lost 43" to Di Luca on Tre Cime Di Lavaredo.
Riccò made a big jump from 13th to sixth and took back over three minutes from Maglia Rosa Di Luca today. Panaria's climber Lele Sella and Tinkov's Petrov swapped places today and are respectively eighth and ninth, while Cunego's Lampre teammate Marzio Bruseghin started stage 15 just 55" behind Di Luca but faded in the mountains and is now 10th, 9'29" behind Di Luca. But Stage 15's biggest loser was stage 14 winner Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone), who finished 36th at 17'29", going from 12th on GC to 17th. Piepoli took the Maglia Verde of Best Climber as a proper leader, while top sprinter Alessandro Petacchi still rules the Best Sprinter Competition for the Maglia Ciclamino.
Stage 16 - Tuesday, May 29: Agordo (Dolomiti Stars) - Lienz (Austria), 189 km
After a well-deserved rest day, the Giro starts again with a sortie into Austria from the eyewear town of Agordo with climbing from the start over the Passo Campolongo.
Perfect for opportunistic stage seekers, stage 16 could be decided by the steep ascent of the Bannberg, 27 kilometres from Lienz.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) in the escape - again.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) leads the early escape.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) rides in stage 15.
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) rides in Maglia Biancia.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) rides in the Maglia Rosa.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) during stage 15.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) protected himself well.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) kept the leader's jersey.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) climbs.
- The final escape.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) leads Piepoli.
- Liquigas leads for Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Saunier's Riccò and Piepoli.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) descends.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) climbed well.
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana) charges for the race lead.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana) charges.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) chases after Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana).
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) climbs in the finale.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) lacked the force.
- Tre Cime
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) in the finale.
- Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare)
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) finishes his day.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital)
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) makes his way to the finish.
- I Dolomiti.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) wins.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) wins Tre Cime.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) shows the face of pain.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) on the podium.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) charges into the final kilometre.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) awarded.
- Kisses for Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) lets the bubbly flow.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) stays in the pink.
- Ivan Parra (Cofidis) finishes in third.
- Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) finished fourth.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) finishes.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished the day slightly behind Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital)
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) is an impressive 21 year-old.
- In Pink... Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) grits his teeth.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) finishes.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) will fight another day.
- The race leaders charge to the finish, led by Piepoli, Parra and Riccò.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) finishes tired but saves the Maglia Rosa.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
- Il Falco Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) helped teammate Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana).
Results
1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.47.22 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.10 4 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.32 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 1.29 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.53 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.30 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.36 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3.52 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.03 11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.07 12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6.27 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6.59 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7.11 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7.32 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.07 18 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.43 19 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 9.50 20 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 10.21 21 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10.49 22 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.20 23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.27 24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11.31 25 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12.26 26 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 27 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.44 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.56 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 13.06 31 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.19 32 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.36 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15.40 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 16.17 35 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17.29 36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 37 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 38 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 17.35 39 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 18.34 40 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.48 41 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 19.01 42 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.43 43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.48 44 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.02 45 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 21.12 46 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 21.42 47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21.58 48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22.25 49 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 24.50 50 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 25.05 51 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25.14 52 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 26.36 54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 26.44 55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 27.28 56 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27.52 57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.08 58 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29.21 61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 63 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.27 64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 29.47 65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 33.17 66 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 33.22 67 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 33.37 69 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 33.44 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 34.03 71 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.27 72 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 34.37 73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 34.39 74 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 34.42 75 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 77 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 34.45 78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 79 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 81 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 82 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 34.51 83 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 34.53 84 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 35.03 85 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.09 87 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 35.17 88 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.40 89 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 35.48 90 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 35.57 91 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 35.59 92 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 36.09 93 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 36.16 94 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 36.27 95 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 98 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 36.50 100 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 36.54 101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 37.04 102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 37.09 103 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 37.11 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 37.14 105 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 37.18 107 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 37.20 108 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37.23 109 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 37.33 110 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 37.37 111 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37.44 113 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 37.46 114 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 37.53 115 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 37.54 116 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 117 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 118 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 38.16 119 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.21 120 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 38.24 121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 38.30 123 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.41 124 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 38.44 125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 38.52 126 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39.00 128 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.01 129 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 39.08 130 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 39.12 131 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 132 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 133 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 39.29 134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 39.34 136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.38 138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 39.44 139 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 39.48 141 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 39.50 142 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.01 143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.10 DNS Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Points 1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 22 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 13 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 6 12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1 16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana -5 17 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 18 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 19 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -5 20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole -5 21 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas -5 23 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne -10 TV Garibaldi Cortina D' Ampezzo (162.1 km 1 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1 6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana Mountains Passo S. Pellegrino (93 km) 1 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10 pts 2 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 6 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 2 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 Passo Di Giau (145.5 km) 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 Passo Tre Croci (170.1 km) 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Tre Clime Di Lavaredo (184 km) 1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 4 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 2 Most combative 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 3 7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 2 8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1 11 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Trofeo fast team 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.25.36 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.12 3 Liquigas 13.54 4 Astana 14.27 5 Lampre - Fondital 24.17 6 Caisse D'epargne 35.59 7 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 36.11 8 Predictor - Lotto 36.52 9 Tinkoff Credit Systems 37.59 10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 42.17 11 T-Mobile Team 48.50 12 Rabobank 50.39 13 Team Csc 1.08.24 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.12.40 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.13.20 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.17.58 17 Francaise Des Jeux 1.19.19 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.22.43 19 Credit Agricole 1.24.15 20 Bouygues Telecom 1.30.38 21 Team Milram 1.36.30 22 Gerolsteiner 1.40.38 Trofeo super team 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 pts 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 35 3 Liquigas 27 4 Astana 26 5 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 18 6 Lampre - Fondital 13 7 Team Csc 12 8 Caisse D'epargne 10 9 Rabobank 8 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 11 Predictor - Lotto 2 12 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Francaise Des Jeux 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 18 Credit Agricole 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 20 Bouygues Telecom 21 Team Milram 22 Gerolsteiner General classification after stage fifteen 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 68.00.55 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 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 12.08 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 12.35 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.51 16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16.13 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20.02 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 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 41.25 27 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 42.40 28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 47.03 29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 48.50 30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 49.18 31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 49.44 32 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 50.08 33 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50.28 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 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58.42 42 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59.14 43 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.00.24 44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.00.51 45 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.01.09 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 1.02.34 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 1.03.24 48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.51 49 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.08.15 50 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.09.10 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 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.26.46 63 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.29.01 64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1.30.38 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 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.42.44 78 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.44.42 79 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.45.06 80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.45.41 81 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 82 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.46.53 83 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.47.04 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 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.53.21 91 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.55.35 92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.56.10 93 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 1.56.28 94 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 1.56.37 95 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.57.37 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.57.51 97 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.59.32 98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.02.40 99 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2.03.33 100 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.04.42 101 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.05.06 102 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.05.32 103 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.05.35 104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 2.05.37 105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.06.19 106 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.06.26 107 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.07.04 108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.09.24 109 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2.11.59 110 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.12.50 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.13.31 112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.14.16 113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.17.49 114 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 2.18.35 115 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 2.20.23 116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.20.25 117 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.20.48 118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.21.24 119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2.21.26 120 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2.22.05 121 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.24.16 122 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.25.03 123 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.26.19 124 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 2.33.27 131 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 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.51.02 138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 2.51.12 139 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.51.53 140 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.52.24 141 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 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 73 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 65 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 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 38 15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 37 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 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 26 26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 27 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 29 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18 30 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 32 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 33 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 12 34 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 12 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12 36 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12 38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 39 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 40 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11 41 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 43 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 10 44 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 46 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 8 47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 8 48 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 50 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 7 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 6 53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 54 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 55 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5 56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 57 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 4 59 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 60 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 61 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 3 63 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 3 64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 66 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 69 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 70 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 71 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 72 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 74 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 75 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1 76 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 77 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 78 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 79 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas -5 80 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole -5 81 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne -5 82 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas -5 83 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 84 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC -5 85 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital -6 87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram -9 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -10 89 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -15 90 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana -20 Mountains classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 41 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 31 5 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23 6 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 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 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6 21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 6 22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 5 23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 4 24 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4 25 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 26 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 3 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 29 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 2 30 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 32 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 33 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 37 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 38 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 40 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Best young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 68.03.51 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 2.03.23 25 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.04.08 26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.11.20 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 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.48.06 38 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.49.28 39 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.54.52 TV Girabaldi 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 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 14 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 21 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 4 22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 23 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 25 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 26 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2 28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 30 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 31 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1 34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 37 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 38 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 31 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 26 4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 25 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 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 10 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13 13 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11 14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 17 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 18 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 19 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 9 21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 24 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 27 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 7 28 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6 30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 6 32 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 34 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 35 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 4 39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 40 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 42 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 3 48 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 49 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 51 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 52 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 53 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 56 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 57 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 58 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 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 4 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 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 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 13 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1 17 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Trofeo fast team classification 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 203.15.02 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.11 3 Lampre - Fondital 0.43 4 Liquigas 1.32 5 Astana 11.35 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 54.30 7 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 1.24.56 8 Caisse D'epargne 1.33.12 9 Predictor - Lotto 1.34.46 10 Team Csc 1.49.48 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.00.09 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.07.56 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.28.06 14 T-Mobile Team 2.28.52 15 Rabobank 2.31.14 16 Discovery Channel Pro CyclingTeam 2.34.52 17 Credit Agricole 3.13.54 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.21.25 19 Francaise Des Jeux 3.31.57 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.46.32 21 Gerolsteiner 3.57.24 22 Team Milram 5.06.10 Trofeo super team classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 329 pts 2 Liquigas 283 3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 280 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 245 5 Astana 193 6 Team Csc 179 7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 176 8 Caisse D'epargne 173 9 Team Milram 148 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 146 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 139 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 122 13 Credit Agricole 120 14 Predictor - Lotto 116 15 Gerolsteiner 92 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 17 Discovery Channel Pro CyclingTeam 75 18 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 68 19 Bouygues Telecom 65 20 Rabobank 65 21 T-Mobile Team 42 22 Francaise Des Jeux 13
