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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 7 - Saturday, May 19: Spoleto - Scarperia, 254 km
Petacchi revs to success on Mugello
Ale-Jet flies over Hushovd and Bettini, Pinotti keeps Rosa
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney
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Alessandro Petacchi revved his big engine to success on the Mugello race track in Tuscany. Team Milram had its cylinders pumping hard in the finale with Lancaster and then Ongarato to deliver the 33 year-old Italian to the win over Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital). Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) enjoyed his first full day in pink and arrived safely to keep the leader's Maglia Rosa.
"I had good sensations and I was able to make a great sprint," said Petacchi after taking Giro win number 21, the second in this year's edition. "I know that that there were other sprinters who were more tired than me [after the climb]. The team really put its faith in me. Also, thanks to my teammates at home, like Marco Velo."
Quickstep did the majority of the work today, especially to bring back the escape of four that at one point had a lead of 11 minutes and 30 seconds. Once the escape was reeled in, at 39 kilometres to go, the Belgian team did not ease off of the pace and kept the throttle down all the way to the Mugello race track.
Once on the track, Milram took the reins of the peloton. Petacchi had six men on the front with three kilometres to go and looked to be in control of the finale. But there was a scare when Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff) launched an attack.
Totò's move only lasted 1,500 metres. After the Italian was caught at 1,000 metres to go, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) hit Milram hard. The Swiss gave the Italian team a run for its money. Brett Lancaster (Milram) kept pulling hard on the front for the next 400 metres and peeled off at 600 metres to go. Teammate Alberto Ongarato took over and caught Cancellara at 250 metres to the line, and then he turned the sprint over to team captain Petacchi at 175 metres to go.
"I am getting better day by day," Petacchi continued. "I think all the bad moments have passed. I am now restarting and doing the sprints how I should be doing them. I think Hushovd did very well today, he showed a lot of force. I think McEwen [finished 14th - ed.] suffered a little on the climb but tomorrow will be another day and I will watch for him."
World Champion Bettini came up on the right but he did not have the legs to close down Petacchi. Norwegian Hushovd snuck up on the left of the day's winner to get second.
"We tried to organize ourselves over the long stage," said Bettini of Quickstep's team tactics. "The final was nervous, and we tried to make the sprinters work a lot. I think Petacchi benefited from our work but it is like that.
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"It is easier to lose a stage against those sprinters, Petacchi and Hushovd, and the others, than to win. I really wanted to win here in my home region, with my wife and daughter present. ... Everyday that passes is an opportunity that I miss. But, today was the first day that I have raced with good sensations."
Napolitano battled with Hushovd in the last 300 to 200 metres and finally lost the fight for Bettini's wheel. However, the Italian kept going, following the Hushovd's wheel, and then came around on the right of Petacchi and Bettini, while Hushovd approached on the left.
"In that last climb Quickstep really made a hard tempo. I was able to re-join on the decent," commented Napolitano, who has yet to win a Giro stage. Regarding the struggle with Hushovd, he added, "I lost my space, and it was too late to remount on Bettini and Petacchi."
Marco Pinotti was all smiles at the finish; the Italian from Bergamo enjoyed his day in the general classification lead without having to work too hard.
"I am very happy to be in the maglia, and the emotions don't seem to stop," said "Pino" after the finish. "I keep getting phone calls of congratulations - I have hardly had a moment of rest since I took the jersey yesterday."
He wishes to keep the jersey for the next two "flat" days before having to fight for its honour on the 10th stage to Nostra Signora Della Guardia. "I hope my teammates will get help from the other teams in the coming days."
How it unfolded
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It was an early start for the gruppo del Giro d'Italia in the beautiful Umbrian town of Spoleto, as 187 riders rolled out on via Marconi on a sunny, windy and warm Saturday for the longest stage of the 2007 Giro d'Italia. The Giro riders were looking at six hours or more, with new Maglia Rosa Marco "Engineer" Pinotti and Maglia Verde Laverde ready to strut their stuff in their new leader’s jerseys.
It took only nine kilometres for an acceptable break to get a gap, as once again, the terrors of Tinkoff had someone away in the person of Elio Aggiano, who was accompanied by big Swiss-Italian chronoman Ruben Bertogliati, Basque boy Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Française de Jeux's Fabien Patanchon.
The quartet escaped in the tiny Umbrian hamlet of Mercatello, then headed north across the Tevere River valley. T-Mobile was riding tempo up front but wasn't going that hard across the beautiful southern Umbrian countryside.
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The quartet continued north through the first feed zone along the blue waters of Lago di Trasimeno west of Perugia with the gruppo, still led by Pinotti's T-Mobile team. After 121 kilometres in Castiglion Fiorentino, the hometown of Lampre sprinter Daniele Bennati, the gap was 11", enough for the sprinters' teams to do the calculus that with 130 kilometres to race, they would have to start to ride faster. Petacchi's Milram team hit the front along with McEwen's Predictor riders and cranked up the pace.
70 kilometres later atop the day's one and only GPM of Valico Croci e Mori, Bertogliati powered to the points with the gruppo just one minute behind. The sprinters teams had brought the quartet back to within three minutes lead at the base of the ascent, but then Bettini decided to try and dump some of the sprinters with a hard forcing 55 kilometres before the finish to better his chances for a win. His Quickstep team took over the chase at a frenetic pace and the break was absorbed at 39 kilometres to go and Quickstep stayed on the front until Bettini signalled them to peel off with 10 kilometres to in Scarperia.
Just before the entrance to the Autodromo, it was Discovery Channel's Matt "Whitey" White who tried to sneak away unnoticed but the Milram train rolled the Sydney-sider up with five kilometres to go. Milram stayed in control all the way to the final kilometre, despite attacks by Tinkoff's Totò Commesso and World TT Champ Fabian Cancellara (CSC) in the final kilometre.
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Petacchi's lead-out men Brett Lancaster and Alberto Ongarato pulled him perfectly to his launch spot at the 200 metre mark. It was a perfect sprint run-in for Petacchi; wide open, downhill and fast. Clad in his favourite Maglia Ciclamino of the Giro's top sprinter, the speedster from La Spezia made his patented irresistible jump with his 53x11, while behind him, chaos reigned.
Bettini tried to keep Petacchi's wheel, while Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) battled hard for a better position. Hushovd flicked the Italian with 100 metres to go and powered past Bettini to take second with a nice bike throw, but it was Napolitano, who came from way back to get fourth and who probably rode the fastest final metres. McEwen chose to avoid the hurly burly on the Autodromo di Mugello finish and finished 14th.
Petacchi took his second stage win of the 2007 Giro d'Italia after almost six hours and fifteen minutes of racing at an average speed of 40.668km/hr average. It was his 21st career Giro stage win, equalling his fellow Tuscan Franco "il cuore matto" Bitossi.
Stage 8 - Sunday, May 20: Barberino Di Mugello - Fiorano Modenese, 200 km
Sunday is another transitional stage that starts with climb out of Barberino to the GPM atop Passo della Futa, then across the heart of the Apennine Mountains with tough, up and down terrain that will undoubtedly inspire a breakaway.
At the second GPM atop Passo Sestola after 101 kilometres, there's an 18-kilometre descent to the plains of Emilia, then a flat, fast 80-kilometre run on the plains of Emilia, past Ferrari's HQ in Maranello to finish in Fiorano Modenese, which is the test track of il Cavallino Rampante.
After the early break is reeled in, will a rider from local team Ceramica Panaria-Navigare to try to make his mark in Modena? Or will Ale-Jet Petacchi hit his afterburners for his 22nd stage win in the Giro d'Italia to equal Fausto Coppi and Roger de Vlaeminck?
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) at the start.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) signs.
- T-Mobile leads for Pinotti.
- Maglia Ciclamino Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Pino follows his T-Mobile team.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) spent the day in the Maglia Rosa.
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) doing domestique work for teammate Pinotti.
- Team T-Mobile.
- Team Astana.
- Quickstep drove very hard today.
- Hubert Schwab (Quickstep-Innergetic) working in the Maglia Bianca.
- Quickstep working for Paolo Bettini.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) finished third in the stage..
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) rides along.
- Riders enter the finishing track.
- Helicopter follows the race.
- Riders in the last kilometres.
- Riders on the Mugello track in Tuscany.
- Here comes the sprint.
- Ah yes! Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) nabs the win in Tuscany.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) gives thanks to Team Milram.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) lets the bubbly flow.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) keeps the Rosa.
- Milram leads the sprint.
- A close sprint.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) gets the win.
- Petacchi over Bettini (l) and Hushovd (r)
- Petacchi thanks the team.
- Riders roll in.
- A congested finish.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) happy.
- Kisses for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Petacchi lets the bubbly flow.
- Pinotti zips up the Maglia Rosa.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) gets some kisses.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) waves to the crowd.
- Milram leads the sprint.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) keeps the Maglia Ciclamino.
- Hubert Schwab (Quickstep-Innergetic) in the Maglia Bianca.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) signs.
- The hills of Tuscany.
- Pink Pinotti rides in stage 7.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) rides in the leader's jersey.
- Hubert Schwab (Quickstep-Innergetic) rides in the jersey of best young rider.
- The riders roll into the finish.
- Petacchi is congratulated by his Milram team.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is interviewed at the finish.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is congratulated by his Milram team.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Race leader Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) and teammate Axel Merckx.
- Milram strings out the peloton.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) with win number 2.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) wins.
- Unbelievable for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) and his wife.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 6.14.44 (40.668 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 13 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 18 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 26 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 31 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 32 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 33 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 37 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 38 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 39 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 40 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 43 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 45 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 46 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 49 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 50 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 51 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 55 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 56 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 58 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 59 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 60 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 61 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 62 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 63 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 65 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 66 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 67 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 69 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 70 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 72 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 73 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 74 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 76 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 77 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 79 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 80 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 81 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 83 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 85 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 86 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 87 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 88 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 89 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 92 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 93 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 100 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 101 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 103 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 104 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 105 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 106 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 109 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 111 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 112 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 113 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 114 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 115 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 116 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 118 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 119 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 120 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 121 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 122 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 123 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 124 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 125 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 126 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 127 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 129 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 130 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 131 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 132 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 133 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 134 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 135 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 136 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 137 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 138 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 139 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 140 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 141 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 143 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 144 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 145 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 146 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 147 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 148 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 149 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31 150 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.54 151 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.02 152 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07 153 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16 155 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.32 156 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 157 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 1.52 158 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 2.03 160 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32 161 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 162 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.07 163 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.18 164 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 3.31 165 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.40 166 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 167 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 168 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 169 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 170 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 3.55 171 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.15 172 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 173 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 175 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.31 176 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.34 177 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 178 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 179 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.20 180 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.39 181 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 6.44 182 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.26 183 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.46 184 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.00 185 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.53 186 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 27 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 14 5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 7 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 8 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 11 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 13 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 15 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 16 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 17 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 Mountains Valico Croce a Mori (Km 198.8) 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 pts 2 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 TV Garibaldi 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 4 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1 6 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram Most Combative 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 7 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 4 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 7 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Trofeo Fuga Gilera 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 206 pts 2 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 206 3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 206 4 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 189 Trofeo Fast Team 1 AG2r Prevoyance 18.44.12 2 Caisse D'epargne 3 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 4 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 5 Astana 6 Team CSC 7 Predictor - Lotto 8 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Team Milram 13 Lampre - Fondital 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 Liquigas 16 Credit Agricole 17 Rabobank 18 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 19 Francaise Des Jeux 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 22 T-Mobile Team Trofeo Super Team 1 Team Milram 20 pts 2 Credit Agricole 19 3 Caisse D'epargne 19 4 Quick Step - Innergetic 18 5 Lampre - Fondital 17 6 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16 7 AG2r Prevoyance 15 8 Liquigas 13 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 13 10 Astana 12 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 12 Gerolsteiner 10 13 Team CSC 9 14 Predictor - Lotto 7 15 Bouygues Telecom 6 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 17 Rabobank 1 18 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 19 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 21 Francaise Des Jeux 22 T-Mobile Team General Classification after stage 7 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 29.59.16 2 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.30 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.12 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.38 5 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 4.47 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.49 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.05 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.06 10 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5.15 11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 5.19 12 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 13 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 5.29 16 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 5.36 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.37 21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.45 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.55 23 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.02 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 6.10 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.12 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.29 29 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.31 30 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 6.34 31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 32 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.36 33 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 34 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.39 35 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.44 36 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.46 37 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.48 38 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 6.51 39 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.55 40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.57 41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7.05 42 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.07 43 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.12 44 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7.17 46 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 7.21 47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 7.23 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 49 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.27 51 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.30 52 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.41 53 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.42 54 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.45 55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 7.56 56 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 8.00 57 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.01 58 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8.06 59 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.10 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8.17 61 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.21 62 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 8.24 63 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 8.25 64 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.41 65 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.44 66 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9.04 67 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.10 68 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.12 69 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.17 70 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9.21 71 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.28 72 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.44 73 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10.18 74 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 10.21 75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 10.32 76 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 10.39 77 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.40 78 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.48 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 12.23 80 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.42 81 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.46 82 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.53 83 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.16 84 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.35 85 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.06 86 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.14 87 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.23 88 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 14.26 89 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 14.28 90 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.32 91 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 14.57 92 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.00 93 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15.08 94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 15.12 95 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.54 96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16.15 97 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 17.20 98 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 17.53 99 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 17.58 100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 18.10 101 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18.49 102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 18.56 103 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 19.21 104 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 19.40 105 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.44 106 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 20.04 107 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 20.23 108 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.29 109 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.00 110 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 21.08 111 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.29 112 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.23 113 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23.24 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.28 115 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 23.36 116 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 24.02 117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 24.28 118 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 24.35 119 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 24.53 120 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.54 121 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 25.00 122 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.03 123 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.05 124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 25.10 125 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.15 126 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.49 127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 26.16 128 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.40 129 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26.47 130 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.55 131 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.01 132 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 28.01 133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 28.50 134 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 28.52 135 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.54 136 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.03 137 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 29.06 138 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.09 139 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.15 140 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.20 141 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 29.28 142 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 29.31 143 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.45 144 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 29.48 145 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30.11 146 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30.14 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 30.39 148 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.44 149 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.51 150 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 30.53 151 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 31.03 152 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31.35 153 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 31.47 154 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 33.01 155 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.07 156 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 33.11 157 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33.35 158 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 33.37 159 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.44 160 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 33.48 161 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 35.20 162 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35.34 163 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 35.45 164 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 35.47 165 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 36.06 166 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.13 167 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.18 168 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.38 169 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 37.41 170 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.58 171 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.18 172 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.30 173 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38.49 174 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 41.24 175 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.48 176 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 43.01 177 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.12 178 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 43.28 179 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.38 180 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 44.46 181 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 46.40 182 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 48.57 183 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 51.41 184 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 51.49 185 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 54.21 186 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.10 Points Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 94 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 56 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 48 5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 46 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 40 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 40 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 30 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 11 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 12 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 21 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18 19 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 16 20 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12 24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 26 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 28 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10 29 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 30 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 31 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 32 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 33 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 34 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 8 35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 36 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 37 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 38 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 39 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 40 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 7 41 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 42 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 43 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 44 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 45 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 46 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 47 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 48 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 49 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 50 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 5 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 52 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 54 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 55 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 56 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 57 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 58 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 59 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 60 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 61 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 64 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 66 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 67 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 68 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1 70 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 71 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 72 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -1 Mountains Classification 1 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 15 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 6 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 11 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 12 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 14 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 15 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 16 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 19 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 20 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 21 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Most Combative Classificiation 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 21 pts 2 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 17 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 13 4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 7 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 8 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 11 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 12 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 14 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 6 17 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 18 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 20 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 21 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 23 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 26 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 29 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 30 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 31 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 32 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 34 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 36 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 37 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 38 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 40 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 41 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Azzurri d'Italia Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 4 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 10 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 12 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Trofeo Fuga Gilera Classification 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 314 pts 2 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 304 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 303 4 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 218 5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 206 6 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 206 7 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 206 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 9 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 11 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 12 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 118 14 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 118 15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 109 17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 18 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 92 19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 92 20 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 21 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Trofeo Fast Team Classification 1 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 88.59.20 2 Liquigas 5.09 3 Credit Agricole 5.24 4 Lampre - Fondital 6.00 5 Team CSC 6.08 6 Astana 6.43 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 7.29 9 Caisse d'Epargne 7.52 10 Predictor - Lotto 8.21 11 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 8.36 12 T-Mobile Team 8.39 13 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 8.47 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.43 15 AG2r Prevoyance 10.49 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 17 Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.40 18 Bouygues Telecom 14.00 19 Rabobank 14.09 20 Gerolsteiner 14.12 21 Team Milram 17.20 22 Francaise Des Jeux 19.08 Trofeo Super Team Classification 1 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 138 pts 2 Lampre - Fondital 129 3 Caisse d'Epargne 110 4 Team Milram 104 5 AG2r Prevoyance 103 6 Liquigas 97 7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 79 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 78 9 Credit Agricole 73 10 Predictor - Lotto 69 11 Gerolsteiner 68 12 Team CSC 67 13 Astana 56 14 Bouygues Telecom 47 15 Tinkoff Credit Systems 46 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 17 T-Mobile Team 40 18 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 38 19 Rabobank 32 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 21 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 17 22 Francaise Des Jeux 3 Fair Play Classification 1 T-Mobile Team 0 pts 2 Quick Step - Innergetic 3 Liquigas 4 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 Team CSC 6 Astana 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 9 Caisse d'Epargne 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Predictor - Lotto 12 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 13 Team Milram 14 AG2r Prevoyance 15 Gerolsteiner 16 Francaise Des Jeux 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Credit Agricole 13 19 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 25 20 Bouygues Telecom 25 21 Rabobank 38 22 Lampre - Fondital 50
