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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

McEwen outpaced Oscar Freire
Photo ©: Roberto Bettini
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Robbie McEwen got the jump on his competition in the first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, taking the win and the overall lead in the race. The 34 year-old Australian jumped his opponents in the last turn, just 300 metres before the line, and rocketed to his first ProTour win of the season ahead of Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile), Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) and Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).

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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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                                              

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