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42nd Tirreno-Adriatico - ProTour
Italy, March 14-20, 2007
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Stage 3 - March 16: Marsciano - Macerata, 213 km
Riccò takes tough Tirreno stage
By Gregor Brown
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) continued his rise in the international cycling world by wining one of Tirreno-Adriatico's toughest stages, 213 kilometres from Marsciano to Macerata, in front of Alexander Vinokourov (Astana).
The 23 year-old Italian from Modena took victory with a slight two second gap over the Kazakh, who won the group sprint over German teammate Andreas Klöden. Russian Alexandr Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), who won the stage yesterday, retains the leader's red and yellow jersey.
Crashes in the finale involved two Italian stars; World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) was forced to put his foot down, while Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) was worse off. He remounted and continued to the finish at his own pace.
After the stage he was taken to the hospital where x-rays were performed on his left wrist. No break was shown on the examination, but it is unknown whether Basso will take the start for stage four.
"I remained on my feet," said Paolo Bettini of the crash to tuttobiciweb.com. "I hope nothing is broken. You see in the start of this season it is like this."
How it unfolded
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The riders faced a 213 kilometre march from Marsciano to Macerata on stage three, with several challenging climbs, including the Passo del Cornello (813m in height) at km 77.7 before arriving on the closing circuits, which consisted of four climbs up to Macerata. The climb was no easy feat, and stretched 2600m, averaging 7.2% gradient, with a maximum of 12%. By the fourth and final ascent leading to the finish, the effort to get up the hill would split the peloton into many pieces.
Three riders did not take the start after suffering injuries in stage two crashes; Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Moisés Aldape Chavez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis).
Starting from the first kilometre, there were a series of attacks and counter-attacks that led to Frenchman Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) getting away solo. The 23 year-old, first year pro, set off at 41 kilometres into the stage and by kilometre 52 he had 6'32".
The peloton were content to let him push towards Macerata alone, knowing that the finish of the stage would be a brutal affair, and by kilometre 70 Champion's lead had rocketed up to 13 minutes, which he held over the Passo del Cornello. Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Fortunato Baliani (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) crossed 12'45" later, with the peloton still at 13'.
Back in the group Alexandr Arekeev's Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo team started to take control of affairs to protect its leader's jersey. At the intermediate sprint in Castelraimondo (km 105.2) the gap was 13'40 but this was brought down to a controllable 2'03" by the second intermediate sprint in Macerata (189.8km), at the third pass of the finishing circuits.
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The nervousness in the group on the closing circuits produced another bad crash. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Sébastien Minard (Cofidis), Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole, taken away in an ambulance), Guido Trentin (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) were all causalities of a fall near kilometre 175.
Ahead of the wreck, the peloton was in full chase mode, and the day-long 164 kilometre escape by Frenchman Champion was reeled in at 19 kilometres to go as the teams prepared for a grand finale. Astana did a huge amount of work, but the first attack for the win went to Scarponi, who had quickly rejoined the front after the crash.
Scarponi, anxious to prove himself in his home region of Le Marche, launched at the base of the final assent. Riccardo Riccò quickly bridged up to Scarponi and the winning move was formed. The Italian duo had ten seconds with one kilometre to go, and then it was Riccò's time to put in the fatal blow to Scarponi. Riccò blasted away solo for the win, while Scarponi faded fast, and was caught by the chasers. Second place went to 2006 Vuelta a España winner, Alexander Vinokourov, while third went to his teammate Andreas Klöden.
Photography
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- Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis) leads the break
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) makes his move
- Riccò gives the one arm salute after a brilliant win
- Riccardo Riccò takes the third stage of Tirreno Adriatico
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Ricco keeps a slender lead ahead of the bunch
- Yes! Number one!
- Number one?
- The young Saunier Duval victor gives a salute
- Riccardo Ricco gets his kisses
- Ricco salutes the crowd
- Ricco launches his winning move
- Ricco feels the burn of massive quantities of lactic acid in his legs
- Ricco on the podium showing the bunny sign
- Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) was the early escapee
- Arekeev is protected by his team
- Ricco dangles in front of the chasing bunch
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) working hard on the front
- Thomas Dekker and Michael Boogerd before the start of stage three
- Erik Zabel gets aero
- Erik Zabel (Milram) on the descent
- The group in action
- The peloton passes through some scenic areas
- The world champion talks to reporters
- Paolo Bettini before the start
- Tyler Hamilton lost time on stage two, then crashed on stage three
- The peloton rolls along
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) hit the deck on stage three.
- Lampre's Alessandro Ballan
- The leader's team keeps the pace on the front of the peloton
- Acqua & Sapone controls the bunch
- Leader Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone) rides comfortably in the group
- Discovery's Vladimir Gusev dwarfs his team leader Basso
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) is looking to gain some form for the Classics
- Alexandr Arekeev is followed by teammate Stefano Garzelli
- Andreas Kloden in his new Astana colours
- World champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) mixes in with the Astana chase
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The Acqua Sapone train on stage 3.
- Discovery Channel's Ivan Basso.
- French rider Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) on a quick run.
- The Tirreno-Adriatico is one trippin' race man!
Results
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.41.22 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.02 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 21 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 26 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.09 28 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 30 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.18 32 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 35 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 36 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 37 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27 38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 39 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 40 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 0.36 41 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 42 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 46 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 49 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 51 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 52 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 53 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 54 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 56 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 57 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 58 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 59 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 60 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 61 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 63 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 64 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.52 65 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 66 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.00 68 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 69 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1.05 70 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 71 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.15 72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.23 73 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 74 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.25 75 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 1.47 76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49 78 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.10 79 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 81 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 82 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 86 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 2.21 87 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.29 88 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.46 90 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.55 91 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.17 92 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 94 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 3.34 95 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.52 97 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 98 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 99 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 100 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 101 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.34 103 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 6.54 104 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 107 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel 108 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 109 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 110 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 111 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.13 113 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 114 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 116 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 117 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 119 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 120 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 121 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 123 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 124 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 126 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 128 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 129 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 130 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 131 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 132 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 133 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 134 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 135 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 136 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 138 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 140 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 141 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 142 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 143 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 144 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 145 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 146 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.52 147 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 148 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 149 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 151 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 152 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.18 154 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 155 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 156 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 157 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 158 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 159 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 160 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 161 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 15.19 162 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 163 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo DNS Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNS Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNS Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis DNF Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole General classification after stage 3 1 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 15.07.50 2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0.27 4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.29 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.33 7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 15 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 18 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 22 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 23 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 27 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 29 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.46 31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.49 32 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 33 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 34 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 36 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.58 38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00 40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.07 41 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 42 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 43 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 46 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 47 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 48 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 50 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 51 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 52 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 53 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 54 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 55 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 56 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 59 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 60 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 61 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 62 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 63 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.17 64 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.19 65 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.31 68 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 69 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1.36 70 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43 71 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.46 72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.54 73 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.56 74 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.18 75 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 76 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20 77 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.38 78 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.40 79 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.41 80 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 81 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 2.52 84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.00 85 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 86 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.17 87 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.23 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.26 89 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3.31 90 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.46 91 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.48 92 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 4.05 93 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 94 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 4.14 95 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.17 96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.23 97 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 98 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 99 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.05 100 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 6.58 101 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.25 102 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 103 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 104 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 105 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 106 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 107 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 108 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel 109 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 8.20 110 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 8.34 111 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 8.44 112 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 114 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 117 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 118 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 119 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 120 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 122 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 123 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 124 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 125 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 126 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 127 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 128 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 129 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 131 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 132 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 133 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.50 135 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 10.02 136 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.23 137 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 138 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 139 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 140 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 12.41 141 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 142 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 13.49 143 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 144 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 14.23 145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.37 146 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.46 147 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 15.50 148 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 149 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 16.05 150 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 151 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.32 152 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 17.38 153 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17.41 154 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20.19 155 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 156 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21.10 157 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 21.35 158 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 23.14 159 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 23.15 160 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.49 161 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 36.07 162 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38.54 163 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52.08 Points classification 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 pts 2 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 17 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13 5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 12 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 12 8 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 9 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 10 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 10 11 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 10 12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9 13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 7 15 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 16 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 17 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 5 19 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 20 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 4 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 25 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 26 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 2 29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 30 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2 31 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 33 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 pts 2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 5 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 6 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 7 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2 8 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 45.24.44 2 Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 0.05 3 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.07 4 Astana 0.25 5 Rabobank 6 Ag2r Prévoyance 0.41 7 Caisse d'Epargne 8 Liquigas 0.54 9 Discovery Channel 0.59 10 T-Mobile 11 Team CSC 1.15 12 Cofidis 1.33 13 Bouygues Telecom 1.56 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00 15 Milram 2.07 16 Predictor-Lotto 2.18 17 Crédit Agricole 2.23 18 Quickstep-Innergetic 3.23 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.32 20 Lampre-Fondital 3.39 21 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6.32 22 Française Des Jeux 11.11
