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42nd Tirreno-Adriatico - ProTour
Italy, March 14-20, 2007
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Stage 4 - March 17: Pievebovigliana - Offagna, 161 km
Riccò doubles in Tirreno
By Gregor Brown
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir), following on the success of yesterday, won the 161 kilometre stage from Pievebovigliana to Offagna and took the leader's jersey in the process. The 23 year-old rider from Formigine finished ahead of Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Alexander Vinokourov (Astana), and put enough time into Russian Alexandr Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) to move in to the general classification lead.
It will be tough for Riccò to defend his lead in tomorrow's 20.5 kilometre time trial in Civitanova Marche, but the following day to San Giacomo should give him a chance at winning the 42nd Tirreno-Adriatico, which concludes Tuesday afternoon.
World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) crashed again; today he came down at the foot of the last climb. The Italian was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
How it unfolded
Travelling further into the Le Marche region, with views of the Adriatic Sea, today was supposed to be the day for the opportunists. The stage seemed suited for a rider like Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) to put in a long, successful attack. The rolling parcours lent itself to an escape group while the overall contenders could save their legs for the tomorrow's time test. The only non-starters were Pavel Padrnos (Discovery Channel) and Enrico Poitschke (Milram).
Heading to Offagna, there was only one mountain sprint, Filottrano (270m) at kilometre 94.6, but a whole slew of little hills that would weaken the legs, including the final rise to the finish line. Soon after the departure, there was one attack after another in attempt to form an escape group.
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The peloton managed the attacks until they saw one go free that they were conformable with. The move came from Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The Basque rider went free at kilometre 67 and had built up a lead of 3'05" by kilometre 73. Meanwhile, back in the peloton, the jostling gave reason for Ivan Basso to abandon. He called it quits at kilometre 48 due to pains in his left wrist caused by yesterday's crash.
By the GPM the orange-clad Euskaltel rider 5'35" over a chasing Francesco Failli (Liquigas) and 7'25" over Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems), who had broken off the peloton to grab more mountain points to add to his lead in that competition.
Director sportif Pietro Algeri commanded his Saunier Duval-Prodir squad to control affairs for its young leader, Riccò. The boys in yellow drove the pace to bring Hernández back to a comfortable margin. He held 3'42" at the intermediate sprint in Loreto (kilometre 127).
As Hernández neared the 30km to go mark, the Basque rider was suffering and even the views of the Adriatico Sea did not ease his pain. As his lead shrank smaller and smaller, the attacks started thick and fast from behind with 15km to go. Bettini, Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) and Matteo Priamo (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) were all active and forced the end of Hernández escape with seven kilometres remaining.
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Bettini struck again with Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prévoyance) and teammate Carlos Barredo. They were captured as the road pointed uphill to Offagna. That was when a double-barrel blast came from Astana teammates Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden, but stage three winner, Riccardo Riccò, was right there to respond. Riccò attacked and opened up a small gap on the Astana riders.
Behind, disaster struck for a second day in a row for Bettini. The World Champion, who has crashed three times in the last month, could be under the cruse of rainbow jersey, and the 32 year-old went down on a right-hand turn at the foot of the final climb. Bettini was, however, able to finish the stage.
Riccò pressed forward, chased by Schumacher, wearer of the Maglia Rosa in the 2006 Giro, and held on to win by four seconds over the German. They were followed by Vinokourov, Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), Klöden, Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
Photography
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- Basso climbs off and heads for the team car
- Ivan Basso resorts to hitch-hiking after abandoning
- After the stage, Bettini was not so happy because he'd crashed again
- Paolo Bettini and Ivan Basso pose for the cameras before the stage
- Simone Masciarelli stops for petrol and could have used it on the long, hard stage
- Double wins for the man with the double double c's
- Another one from the young Italian Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Delighted with his win Ricco gives the air a punch
- Ricco and the podium girls
- The peloton heads uphill
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- A familiar scene: Ricco in front of a chasing Astana-led bunch
- Perfecting the one-armed salute
- On the podium in front of the adoring fans, Riccardo Ricco
- Ricco marks the Astana attack
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) leads Ricco
- Young guns Thomas Dekker and Riccardo Ricco both had good finishes in stage four
- Riccardo Ricco now it's three fingers - two stages and the lead?
- Ricco zips up the leader's jersey
- Thumbs up for the young leader Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Ricco gets his champers
- Ricco on the podium showing the sign of the bunny again!
- Two wins for Ricco in two days
- The bandage on his wrist shows why Basso climbed off
- Basso abandons
- A banged up Paolo Bettini is unhappy about crashing two days in a row
- Ivan Basso packs it in and gets a ride home in the team car
- The Saunier Duval led peloton heads up into town
- Saunier Duval-Prodir rode well for their young hero
- Italian Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) leads the bunch.
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) talking with his fellow riders during the stage.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) negotiate a corner.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel).
- German Jens Voigt (Team CSC) during the 161 kilometre stage.
- Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) together near the front of the field early on in the stage.
- It was a tough day for Alexandr Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) arrives at the finish line.
- Bettini crashed again today and was taken to hospital for evaluation.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) prepares for the day's stage.
- Italian trio Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel), Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) wait for the start.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) was the third rider home today.
- Riders hold a banner with Daniel Libero's name on it prior to the stage start.
- The peloton en route to Offagna.
Results
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.50.22 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 13 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 15 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.18 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 22 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.32 25 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.42 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.43 27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.44 28 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 29 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 30 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.51 32 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 33 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 35 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 37 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 38 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 39 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 41 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 42 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 43 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 44 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01 45 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.03 46 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.06 47 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 49 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.15 50 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 52 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 53 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 54 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 55 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19 56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 57 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 58 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 59 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.24 60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 61 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 62 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.32 63 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 1.37 64 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.41 67 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 68 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 70 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.51 71 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.00 72 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 2.03 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 74 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 76 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 77 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 78 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 82 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.28 83 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 84 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 86 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 87 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 88 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 89 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 2.55 91 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 3.27 92 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 93 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 94 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 95 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 96 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 97 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 98 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 99 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 100 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 103 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 106 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 107 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 108 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 110 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 111 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 114 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 115 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 116 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 117 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 119 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 120 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 121 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 122 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 123 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 124 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 125 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 126 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 127 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 128 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 129 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 130 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 131 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 132 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.55 133 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.03 134 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.09 135 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 138 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 139 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 140 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20 142 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 4.49 143 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 6.01 144 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 145 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 146 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 148 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 149 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 150 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.12 151 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.26 152 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.10 153 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 154 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 155 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 156 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.19 157 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 158 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 12.17 159 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.35 160 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.04 DNS Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram DNS Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel DNF Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel General classification after stage four 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.58.23 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.16 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.20 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.22 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 0.26 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 12 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 16 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.53 23 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.54 24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.56 25 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11 26 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.13 27 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.29 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 31 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.30 33 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 1.35 34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.37 35 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 1.40 36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 37 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.46 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.47 40 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 41 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 42 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 43 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.55 44 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.59 45 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2.02 46 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 47 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 2.11 48 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 49 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 50 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 51 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2.16 52 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.23 53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.28 54 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2.37 55 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.39 56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 57 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.44 58 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.47 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 2.59 60 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 62 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 63 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 64 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.09 65 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.21 66 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.24 67 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.31 68 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.40 69 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.04 70 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.11 71 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 72 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.23 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 4.33 74 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 75 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.35 77 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.59 78 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 5.00 79 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5.03 80 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.17 81 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 5.34 82 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 6.08 83 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.12 84 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6.16 85 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6.39 86 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6.40 87 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6.42 88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 6.48 89 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.02 90 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.15 91 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 7.21 92 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 7.39 93 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.46 94 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.57 95 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 8.12 96 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 8.55 97 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 9.42 98 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.57 99 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.07 100 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.10 101 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.36 102 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 103 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10.41 104 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 105 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 106 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.55 107 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.57 108 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 11.28 109 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 110 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 11.36 111 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 11.50 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 12.00 113 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 114 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 115 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 116 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 117 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 118 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 119 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 120 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 121 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 122 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12.42 123 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.50 125 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 13.15 126 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.39 127 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 128 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.45 129 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.47 130 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.21 131 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.34 132 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.45 133 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.59 134 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 15.33 135 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15.57 136 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 16.11 137 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 16.43 138 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 17.05 139 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 17.06 140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 17.39 141 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.53 142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.22 143 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.24 144 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 18.27 145 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 19.06 146 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 19.21 147 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 148 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 21.25 149 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 21.40 150 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 22.08 151 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22.36 152 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 24.26 153 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 24.51 154 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 26.31 155 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.30 156 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 29.04 157 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.05 158 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 42.10 159 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 44.06 160 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.00.07 Mountains classification 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 pts 2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 4 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 5 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 6 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 3 8 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 9 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 10 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 11 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Points classification 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 pts 2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 18 4 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 17 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 13 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 12 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 12 10 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 11 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 10 14 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 10 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 9 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9 18 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 19 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 20 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 21 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 5 23 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 24 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 25 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4 26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 27 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 4 28 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 29 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 3 30 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 31 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 33 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 2 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 35 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2 36 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 1 38 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 39 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Team classification 1 Tinkoff Credit System 56.57.03 2 Astana 0.11 3 Gerolsteiner 0.24 4 Rabobank 0.39 5 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.55 6 Caisse d'Epargne 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 8 Team CSC 1.30 9 Liquigas 1.34 10 AG2r Prévoyance 1.40 11 T-Mobile Team 1.57 12 Team Milram 3.20 13 Bouygues Telecom 3.48 14 Predictor-Lotto 4.02 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.13 16 Crédit Agricole 4.24 17 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.30 18 Quickstep-Innergetic 5.07 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.09 20 Lampre-Fondital 8.39 21 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12.17 22 Française des Jeux 15.53
