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42nd Tirreno-Adriatico - ProTour
Italy, March 14-20, 2007
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Stage 7 - March 20: Civitella del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto, 177 km
Fernández wins first, Klöden locks overall
By Gregor Brown
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Spaniard Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the final stage of the 42nd Tirreno-Adriatico from a bunch sprint in San Benedetto, securing his first win since turning professional in 2004. After almost 177km of racing, the field was poised for a sprint with Liquigas working for Filippo Pozzato and Milram for Alessandro Petacchi. A rush to the line by Julian Dean and Thor Hushovd of Crédit Agricole spoiled the Italians' affair and made way for the 25 year-old of Euskaltel-Euskadi to over-power Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) and Australian Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC). German Andreas Klöden rode smartly and, with help from his team Astana, retained his overall lead to the race known as the Corsa dei Due Mari.
Petacchi's sprint chances were hindered when with two kilometres remaining, he was forced to unclip and put his foot down when others slid out in front of him. "Unfortunately there was a crash in front of me at two kilometres to go," the 2005 Milano-Sanremo winner explained. "I lost a lot of positions and I was not able to re-enter to find my teammates for a proper sprint. I am sorry to not come away with one stage win in this Tirreno-Adriatico, but I feel good and I hope to have good luck next Saturday.
After a week-long solid ride by Astana's Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov and German Andreas Klöden, the team captured the overall win for the 31 year-old German known as 'Hilde.' He locked in his chance at taking the overall when he finished second in the time trial on Sunday, one second behind compatriot Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner). The three second disadvantage was settled on Monday's run to San Giacomo, where Hilde was able to move into the overall lead by finishing ninth. Today he rode smartly and, with help from his team Astana, retained his overall lead to the race known as the Corsa dei Due Mari.
How it unfolded
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Today was set to be a parade lap along the Mar Adriatico and a chance for the sprinters to duel one last time before they meet four days later in Castello Sforzesco, for the start of Milano-Sanremo. The classification was almost set, with a bit of sprint needed from Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) to overtake the three seconds that Klöden held after yesterday's run to San Giacomo.
Only 138 riders rolled out of Civitella del Tronto. Missing were Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r Prévoyance), Bram Tankink, Maarten Wynants (both of Quickstep-Innergetic), and Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
The parcours from Civitella del Tronto to San Benedetto was simple; the peloton would encounter the only Gran Premio Della Montagna (GPM, for mountains classification points) at kilometre 61.4 and end on the seven eight-kilometre circuits (Giri) around the seaside finishing town.
The pack stayed together for the first hour (gruppo compatto) and covered 33.95 kilometres. The GPM of Castignano forced a splitting in the group; Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems) darted off to grab maximum points and ensured he won the mountains jersey, with Fortunato Baliani (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Serguei Yakovlev (Astana) in-tow.
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However, there was to be no leeway given, and the peloton stayed together to enter the final 56 kilometres around San Benedetto. The first circuit was covered at an average of 38.8 km/h, the second, with T-Mobile in charge, at 41.4, and the third, the intermediate sprint, at 48.6. René Haselbacher grabbed the bonus seconds to make sure his Astana captain kept the leader's jersey.
A group of six formed on the fourth circuit containing Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Roberto Petito (Liquigas), double stage winner Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Giuseppe Muraglia (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), and Franck Renier (Bouygues Telecom). By the start of the fifth circuit they had a slight 24 second advantage to the peloton led by Lampre-Fondital for Danilo Napolitano.
The gap was down to eight seconds after another eight kilometres, covered in an average of 49.1 km/h. At the start of the final, seventh circuit the peloton was all together and preparing for a Sanremo sprint warm-up.
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Ag2r Prévoyance moved to the front after the break had been caught, but they were quickly washed away by the experienced sprint team of Milram. The boys, minus Erik Zabel who departed yesterday, were setting up the sprint. Pozzato of Liquigas, last year's winner of Sanremo, was carried to the front in the finale and placed on the third wheel, immediately in front of Ale-Jet.
After passing the red triangle, there was a rush of speed from the left via Crédit Agricole's Julian Dean and Thor Hushovd. Petacchi jumped on the move while 'Pippo' Pozzato was swept from the front. This set the peloton up for an unusual sprint. Crédit Agricole lacked the power for the metres remaining and was hit by an orange bullet, Koldo Fernández.
Photography
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- Waiting for the start in Civitella del Tronto.
- The opening neutralised section of stage seven.
- Riders had to negotiate some narrow streets in Civitella del Tronto.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) grabs some lunch.
- Dario Andriotto (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) drives the peloton.
- Paolo Bettini (QuickStep) gets a shove after a puncture early in the race.
- A bird's eye view of the world champ.
- Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux) came to grief on one of the descents but managed to rejoin the race.
- Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) enjoying the spring sunshine.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) has been struggling with flu symptoms the past few days.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) in the leader's jersey.
- Klöden had relatively easy final stage.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) didn't figure in the bunch sprint today.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) held onto the points jersey.
- Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Alessandro Spezialetti (Liquigas)
- T-Mobile lead the peloton up a climb.
- The magenta gang were keen to protect Kim Kirchen's second place on GC.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) poses with Luxembourg champion Kim Kirchen
- Klöden rides comfortably in the peloton.
- Koldo Fernandez surprises O'Grady
- Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wins the final stage in San Benedetto del Tronto.
- Fernández celebrates in front of Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC)
- Fernández was pretty happy with his first professional victory.
- Today's stage winner Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) rides along in the overall leader's jersey.
- Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) nabs his first pro win.
- A thrilled Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) over Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) and Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC).
- Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) roars on his way to winning.
- Victory Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wins and unusual sprint.
- Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets it on the final day of Tirreno
- Klöden and Kirchen after the stage.
- Kisses for Spaniard Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) after winning stage 7 of Tirreno.
- Bubbly time for the stage winner Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Klöden points towards the symbol of Astana and Kazakhstan.
- Klöden and Vinokourov revel in their superb work.
- Klöden on the podium in the final leaders's jersey.
- Top three of the 42nd Tirreno Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Andreas Klöden (Astana) and Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) (l-r).
- 42nd Tirreno-Adriatico Podium Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Andreas Klöden (Astana) and Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) (l-r).
- Klöden salutes the crowd on the final day.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) had a great Tirreno that included two stage wins, the overall points jersey and a stint in the leader's jersey.
- Oscar Freire lost time on stage seven
- The motorcade leads the peloton out of town
- Linus Gerdemann (T-mobile) can't stop riding to pull up those arm warmers.
- T-mobile sets the pace
- Leader's jerseys in the front at the start of stage seven
- Ricco in magenta of best young rider
- Bettini rides along
- The T-mobile train leads Kirchen
- Predictor-Lotto surrounds McEwen
- Klöden congratulates Kirchen on his torturous clashing colour combination
- An even bigger mug for Klöden
- A big mug for Kirchen
- Still more podium photos
- Ricco gets the young riders' jersey
- Commesso in the climber's jersey
- Klöden at the bus
- Bettini and Pozatto shake hands - or air arm wrestle?
- Bettini and Pozatto pose for the cameras
- Rabobank social time before the start
- Francesco Moser gives Bettini some advice
- Klöden and Kirchen enjoy the view at the start
- Riders await the start in Civitella del Tronto
- Bettini and Ale-Jet at the back of the pack
- Petacchi gets a vest from the Milram team car
- Klöden heads for the podium
- Fernandez was ecstatic to get up on the podium
- On the final podium Kirchen, Klöden and Vinokourov
- Astana gets together to protect the leader's jersey
- After fighting with the jersey Klöden struggles to open the champagne
- The peloton through a fish's eye
- On with the jersey
- Klöden struggles with the jersey while Vinokourov offers advice - it helps to take off the hat first, Andreas
- Klöden prepares to uncork his champagne
- The final podium: Kirchen, Klöden, Vinokourov
- Klöden gives the thumbs up
- Smoochies for Klodie
Results
1 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.38.43 (38.103km/h) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 3 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 13 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 16 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 19 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 30 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 34 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 39 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 41 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 43 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 49 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 50 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 52 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 53 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 54 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 55 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 58 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 60 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 62 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 66 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 67 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 71 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 72 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 76 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 78 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 79 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 0.12 81 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 82 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 83 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 85 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 86 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.22 87 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.25 88 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 89 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 90 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.36 91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 92 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.39 93 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 94 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.53 95 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 96 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 97 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 99 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 100 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 101 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 104 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 105 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 106 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 107 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 108 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 110 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 111 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 112 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 113 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 116 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 117 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 120 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 122 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 123 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 126 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 127 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 129 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 130 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 131 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 132 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.14 133 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 134 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 135 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom DNS Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance DNS Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel DNS Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic DNS Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNS Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner Final General Classification 1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 28.31.26 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 0.04 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.13 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 0.31 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.34 7 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.55 8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.59 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.00 10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.12 11 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31 13 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.50 14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.56 15 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.05 16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.14 17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.15 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 2.22 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2.23 20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3.14 21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.20 22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3.25 23 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 3.49 24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.09 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.18 27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.37 28 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 4.46 29 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4.59 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5.01 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 5.07 32 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.30 33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 5.34 34 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 5.45 35 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 6.44 36 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 6.53 37 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.08 38 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.12 39 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36 40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 7.38 41 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 8.02 42 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.08 43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9.00 44 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.03 45 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 9.08 46 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 9.12 47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 9.40 48 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 10.22 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10.27 50 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10.52 51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 11.07 52 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 11.15 53 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.17 54 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 11.23 55 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 11.24 56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.43 57 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.20 58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12.42 59 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 13.26 60 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 13.33 61 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.36 62 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.08 63 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 14.46 64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 14.51 65 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.56 66 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.57 67 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.50 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.52 69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 15.59 70 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16.05 71 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 16.36 72 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.41 73 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.42 74 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 16.47 75 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.02 76 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 17.13 77 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 17.27 78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 17.34 79 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.36 80 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.55 81 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 18.36 82 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 18.49 83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 19.12 84 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.45 85 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20.38 86 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 21.58 87 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 22.00 88 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 22.55 89 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.06 90 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.45 91 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 23.52 92 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.04 93 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 24.05 94 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 24.20 95 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24.30 96 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24.32 97 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24.52 98 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.54 99 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 25.59 100 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.10 101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26.13 102 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 26.15 103 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 26.48 104 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.51 105 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 27.00 106 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.08 107 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 28.09 108 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.34 109 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28.46 110 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 29.06 111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29.08 112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 29.24 113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 29.58 114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 30.52 115 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 31.29 116 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 117 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 31.53 118 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 32.00 119 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33.28 120 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 33.31 121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33.33 122 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 33.55 123 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 34.37 124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 35.18 125 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 35.53 126 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35.56 127 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 36.52 128 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 129 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.58 130 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 40.21 131 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 42.02 132 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 44.24 133 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 47.04 134 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.53 135 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 50.24 136 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54.02 Points Classification 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 pts 2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 30 4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 25 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 19 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19 8 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 17 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 16 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 15 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 12 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 13 13 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 14 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 12 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 12 18 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 19 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 11 20 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 10 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 10 23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 25 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 26 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 7 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 28 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 30 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 6 32 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 33 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4 36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 37 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 4 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3 39 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 3 40 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 41 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 2 43 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 2 44 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 45 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2 46 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 1 47 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 48 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 1 49 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Classification 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 pts 2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 3 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 5 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 6 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 9 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 10 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 3 11 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 2 12 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 14 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 15 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1 16 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Team Classification 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 85.37.54 2 Astana 1.07 3 Caisse d'Epargne 2.58 4 Team CSC 4.34 5 Discovery Channel 4.44 6 Liquigas 5.15 7 T-Mobile Team 5.29 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 8.05 9 Acqua E Sapone- Mokambo 9.19 10 Team Milram 11.03 11 Rabobank 11.23 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 13.02 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.20 14 Gerolsteiner 13.28 15 Credit Agricole 14.53 16 Lampre - Fondital 19.48 17 Predictor - Lotto 21.18 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.59 19 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 24.35 20 Bouygues Telecom 28.06 21 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 43.01 22 Francaise des Jeux 43.43
