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42nd Tirreno-Adriatico - ProTour
Italy, March 14-20, 2007
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Stage 1 - March 14: Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 175 km
McEwen anticipates sprint
Aussie takes stage and overall win
By Gregor Brown
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Petacchi's lead-out train was dismantled by a long, hard day of chasing, and a complicated closing circuit. "The finish was not so easy with the last kilometer on a slight downhill... In the finale me, Velo, Zabel and Sacchi tried to get orgainzed but, about at one kilometre to go, there was a bunch of splinters in the group and we were split up, and they were not able to get re-organized to help me.
"Zabel was there in the first position and had tried to pull back McEwen when he attacked, but Robbie took off with a big advantage and it was all useless... It does not seem like my condition is bad, we will see in the coming days."
How it unfolded
175 riders departed from sunny Civitavecchia at half past 11.00 to kick off the 42nd running of the Tirreno-Adriatico, or Corsa dei Due Mari. Not making the start was Daniele Colli (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), who, like Danilo Di Luca and Leonardo Bertagnolli, has been bitten by the flu bug.
The route was a relatively simple 175 kilometres, with the departure and arrival in Civitavecchia, along the Tirreno Sea. The first and only GPM came at kilometre 84.7, helping to sort out the maglia verde, followed by a brief respite before two small assents of the Brivio di Sassicani, the final at 28 kilometres remaining.
Just after the start Matteo Priamo (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) went on the attack. The Italian was quickly joined by Basque Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at kilometre 42, with Giuseppe Muraglia (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) chasing behind. Six kilometres later, they had 30" on Muraglia, 50" on Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems), who had also launched a move, and 1'00" on the peloton.
With only a few flat finishes in this year's event, the sprinters' teams were content to let the breakaway gain some time while they rested up for the furious chase in the finale. Predictor-Lotto, Rabobank, Milram, Crédit Agricole and Team CSC all had their sights on a sprint, but no one team took control as the break sped away and quickly gained minute after minute.
The first intermediate sprint in Santa Marinella (kilometre 55.9) was taken by Albizuri, and by the first KOM thirty kilometres later, the lead four had joined up and gained 10'20" on the peloton after two hours of racing, with the average at 34.7 km/h. The newly formed group worked in harmony over the Tolfa mountain sprint - the goal was to get over the day's major obstacle and have a fighting chance at surviving until the finish. Commesso led Albizuri, Muraglia and Priamo over the top, but the climb had taken its toll, the gap was now down to 6'08". While in the back Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) retired on the climb.
Commesso must have been having flashbacks to the 2006 Tour de France where he successfully worked with Pierrick Fédrigo to hold off the peloton over the day's final climb, followed by the decent into Gap. Today's climb, however, left a longer distance to go and more time for the sprint teams to organize the chase. As the chase was organised, the gaps fell quickly.
By the time the riders made their first of several passages through Civitavecchia, the time gap was 5'20", but the pressure within the chasing peloton produced the race's first crash, when at 50 kilometres remaining a big group of riders came down, including last year's winner. Involved were Thomas Dekker, Michael Boogerd, Bram De Groot, Grischa Niermann (Rabobank), Eric Berthou, Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis), Laszlo Bodrogi, Nicholas Roche (Crédit Agricole), Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Carlos Da Cruz, Arnaud Gerard, Cyrille Monnerais, Fabien Patanchon (Française Des Jeux) and Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
Dekker, Boogerd and Bodrogi were able to return immediately while Irishman Roche and Russian Efimkin were forced to abandon.
The next passage through the finish line in Civitavecchia the gap, even with the crash, had been reduced to 3'21. Then, with 30 kilometres remaining and the sprinters' teams getting organised, it was 1'56".
After a puncture and then re-entry by multi-stage winner Freire, the peloton hit the tighter finishing circuits and the speed became unbearable for the escapees. The riders were to complete three 4.1 kilometre loops around the centre of Civitavecchia before the day's winner would be decided. The four were now in range of the bunch and were only holding on to 37 seconds.
By the time the final circuit came, 4.1 kilometres remaining and the escape now caught, the sprinters had a chance to study the details of the finish. It was an ideal, tight circuit for Aussie McEwen to make his move. He struck his sprint rivals with 400 metres to go and was able to hold the advantage to the line, taking the win and leader's red and yellow jersey.
Photography
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- Robbie McEwen wins the first stage of Tirreno Adriatico
- McEwen outpaced Oscar Freire and Thor Hushovd to take stage one
- The peloton is pear shaped
- World champ Paolo Bettini has a laugh with Oscar Freire before the start of stage one
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) at the start of stage one
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) sneezing?
- McEwen was the clear winner jumping from a long way out
- Organiser Angelo Zomegnan has a chat with Paolo Bettini
- McEwen and Bettini rolling to the start
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) sitting in the bunch
- McEwen wins by a mile
- Riders ride past the Tyrrhenian Sea
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) on his way.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) confirms win.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) wins and takes overall lead of stage 1.
- Aussie Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) won the stage by anticipating the sprint with 400 metres to go.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) wins for the first time in Europe in 2007.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) salutes the crowd.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) getting some attention from the Italian podium girls
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) lets the bubbly fly after winning the opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) dons the leader's jersey ... a yellow and red affair for Tirreno.
- Podium time for Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto)
- Adjusting the cap after Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) was presented the leader's jersey.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) took the overall after winning stage one.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) in his first race in Italy after last year's Operación Puerto.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) share secrets.
- The peloton rolls along in souther Italy.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) checks his back.
- Up a small riser in stage 1.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in his first ProTour race.
- Peloton on smooth Italian roads.
- Small Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) rides along.
- Veteran Erik Zabel (Milram) worked for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) is a three-time World Champion and former winner of Tirreno.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) looks tired.
- Dutch Champion Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) rides along.
- The green team Liquigas.
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Mirko Celestino (Milram) is coming onto form for Milano-Sanremo.
- Lampre-Fondital lead for Napolitano.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Big Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
- Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)
- Flat tire for Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
- Allan Johansen (Team CSC) was in a last-minute tangle.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) ride along.
- Het Volk winner Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) rides.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) talk during stage one.
- Big Jens Voigt (Team CSC)
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) is happy to be back racing after skipping Milano-Torino.
- Peter Van Petegem (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto)
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) chats with the others.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel)
- Beautiful countryside.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) says, no more photos!
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4.34.24 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 8 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 15 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 20 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 22 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 24 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 26 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 30 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 32 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 34 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 36 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 39 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 43 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 44 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 45 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 46 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 47 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 48 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 49 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 50 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 51 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 54 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 55 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 56 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 57 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 58 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 59 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 60 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 61 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 62 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 63 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 64 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 65 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 66 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 67 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 68 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 69 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 71 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 72 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 74 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 75 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 77 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 78 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 79 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 80 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 84 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 85 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 86 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 87 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 88 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 89 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 90 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 92 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 93 Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 94 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 96 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 98 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 100 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 101 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 102 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 103 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 106 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 107 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 110 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 111 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 112 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 113 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 114 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 115 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 116 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 117 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 118 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 119 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 120 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 121 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 122 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 124 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 125 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 126 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 127 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 130 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 131 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 132 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 133 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 135 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 136 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 138 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 139 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 140 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 141 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 142 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 143 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 144 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 145 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 146 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 147 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 148 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel 149 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 150 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 151 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 152 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 153 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 155 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 157 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 158 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.26 159 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 1.33 160 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 161 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.54 162 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.35 163 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.47 164 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 3.54 165 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.14 166 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 167 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 169 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 170 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14.57 171 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 172 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.28 DNS Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank DNF Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole DNF Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne Mountains Tolfa (Cat 4) 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 3 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 4 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 General classification after stage one 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4.34.14 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0.04 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.06 4 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.07 5 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.08 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.10 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 13 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 22 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 24 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 26 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 28 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 32 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 34 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 41 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 45 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 46 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 47 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 48 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 49 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 50 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 51 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 56 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 57 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 59 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 60 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 62 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 63 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 64 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 65 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 66 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 67 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 68 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 69 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 71 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 72 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 73 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 74 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 75 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 76 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 78 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 80 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 81 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 84 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 85 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 86 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 87 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 88 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 89 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 90 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 92 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 93 Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 94 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 96 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 98 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 100 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 101 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 102 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 103 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 106 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 107 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 110 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 111 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 112 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 113 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 114 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 115 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 116 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 117 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 118 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 119 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 120 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 121 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 122 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 124 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 125 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 126 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 127 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 130 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 131 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 132 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 133 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 135 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 136 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 138 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 139 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 140 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 141 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 142 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 143 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 144 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 145 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 146 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 147 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 148 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel 149 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 150 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 151 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 152 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 153 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 155 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 157 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 158 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.35 159 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 1.43 160 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 161 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2.04 162 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.45 163 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.57 164 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 4.04 165 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.24 166 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 167 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 169 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 170 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15.07 171 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 172 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.38 Mountains classification 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 3 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 4 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 12 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 10 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 8 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 6 6 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 5 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 4 9 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 12 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 13 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 14 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Team classification 1 Team CSC 13.43.12 2 AG2r Prévoyance 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Team Milram 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 Liquigas 8 Predictor-Lotto 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Tinkoff Credit System 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 13 Crédit Agricole 14 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 15 Caisse d'Epargne 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Astana 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Française des Jeux 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Rabobank 22 Lampre-Fondital
