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42nd Tirreno-Adriatico - ProTour

Italy, March 14-20, 2007

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Stage 7 - March 20: Civitella del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto, 177 km

Fernández wins first, Klöden locks overall

By Gregor Brown

Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets it
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Spaniard Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the final stage of the 42nd Tirreno-Adriatico from a bunch sprint in San Benedetto, securing his first win since turning professional in 2004. After almost 177km of racing, the field was poised for a sprint with Liquigas working for Filippo Pozzato and Milram for Alessandro Petacchi. A rush to the line by Julian Dean and Thor Hushovd of Crédit Agricole spoiled the Italians' affair and made way for the 25 year-old of Euskaltel-Euskadi to over-power Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) and Australian Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC). German Andreas Klöden rode smartly and, with help from his team Astana, retained his overall lead to the race known as the Corsa dei Due Mari.

Petacchi's sprint chances were hindered when with two kilometres remaining, he was forced to unclip and put his foot down when others slid out in front of him. "Unfortunately there was a crash in front of me at two kilometres to go," the 2005 Milano-Sanremo winner explained. "I lost a lot of positions and I was not able to re-enter to find my teammates for a proper sprint. I am sorry to not come away with one stage win in this Tirreno-Adriatico, but I feel good and I hope to have good luck next Saturday.

After a week-long solid ride by Astana's Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov and German Andreas Klöden, the team captured the overall win for the 31 year-old German known as 'Hilde.' He locked in his chance at taking the overall when he finished second in the time trial on Sunday, one second behind compatriot Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner). The three second disadvantage was settled on Monday's run to San Giacomo, where Hilde was able to move into the overall lead by finishing ninth. Today he rode smartly and, with help from his team Astana, retained his overall lead to the race known as the Corsa dei Due Mari.

How it unfolded

Klöden and Vinokourov
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Today was set to be a parade lap along the Mar Adriatico and a chance for the sprinters to duel one last time before they meet four days later in Castello Sforzesco, for the start of Milano-Sanremo. The classification was almost set, with a bit of sprint needed from Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) to overtake the three seconds that Klöden held after yesterday's run to San Giacomo.

Only 138 riders rolled out of Civitella del Tronto. Missing were Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r Prévoyance), Bram Tankink, Maarten Wynants (both of Quickstep-Innergetic), and Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).

The parcours from Civitella del Tronto to San Benedetto was simple; the peloton would encounter the only Gran Premio Della Montagna (GPM, for mountains classification points) at kilometre 61.4 and end on the seven eight-kilometre circuits (Giri) around the seaside finishing town.

The pack stayed together for the first hour (gruppo compatto) and covered 33.95 kilometres. The GPM of Castignano forced a splitting in the group; Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems) darted off to grab maximum points and ensured he won the mountains jersey, with Fortunato Baliani (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Serguei Yakovlev (Astana) in-tow.

Klöden on the podium
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However, there was to be no leeway given, and the peloton stayed together to enter the final 56 kilometres around San Benedetto. The first circuit was covered at an average of 38.8 km/h, the second, with T-Mobile in charge, at 41.4, and the third, the intermediate sprint, at 48.6. René Haselbacher grabbed the bonus seconds to make sure his Astana captain kept the leader's jersey.

A group of six formed on the fourth circuit containing Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Roberto Petito (Liquigas), double stage winner Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Giuseppe Muraglia (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), and Franck Renier (Bouygues Telecom). By the start of the fifth circuit they had a slight 24 second advantage to the peloton led by Lampre-Fondital for Danilo Napolitano.

The gap was down to eight seconds after another eight kilometres, covered in an average of 49.1 km/h. At the start of the final, seventh circuit the peloton was all together and preparing for a Sanremo sprint warm-up.

Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Ag2r Prévoyance moved to the front after the break had been caught, but they were quickly washed away by the experienced sprint team of Milram. The boys, minus Erik Zabel who departed yesterday, were setting up the sprint. Pozzato of Liquigas, last year's winner of Sanremo, was carried to the front in the finale and placed on the third wheel, immediately in front of Ale-Jet.

After passing the red triangle, there was a rush of speed from the left via Crédit Agricole's Julian Dean and Thor Hushovd. Petacchi jumped on the move while 'Pippo' Pozzato was swept from the front. This set the peloton up for an unusual sprint. Crédit Agricole lacked the power for the metres remaining and was hit by an orange bullet, Koldo Fernández.

Photography

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Results

1 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 4.38.43 (38.103km/h)
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                  
3 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo           
4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel                            
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                  
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                            
11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                            
12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
13 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                  
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                 
16 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                 
17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                   
19 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
20 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                             
22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                      
23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
24 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                
25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
26 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
27 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          
28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                    
29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                             
30 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                     
31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                        
32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                
34 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
35 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                               
36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
37 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                      
38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo           
39 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                       
40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                
41 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       
42 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                              
43 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
44 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
45 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
46 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
47 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          
48 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                  
49 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                              
50 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                 
51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo              
52 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
53 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                         
54 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                               
55 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems               
56 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
58 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  
59 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                             
60 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
61 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                              
62 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  
63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
64 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
65 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
66 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo           
67 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
68 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo         
70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                
71 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          
72 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
74 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
75 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
76 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                                
77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    
78 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance                             
79 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo           
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                 0.12
81 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir             0.19
82 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
83 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                               
85 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                 
86 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   0.22
87 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile                            0.25
88 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                  
89 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        0.27
90 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          0.36
91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                            
92 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      0.39
93 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                       
94 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems             0.53
95 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             
96 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
97 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne                        
98 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                  
99 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
100 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                    
101 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       
102 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
103 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                
104 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                      
105 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                  
106 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                
107 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       
108 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
109 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                  
110 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                
111 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                        
112 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                              
113 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
114 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
115 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                 
116 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                 
117 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
119 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo         
120 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo           
121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
122 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        
123 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
124 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
125 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                
126 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                    
127 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                      
128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                    
129 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel                       
130 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 
131 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                     
132 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        1.14
133 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                            
134 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                    
135 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
136 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                           
DNS Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance                      
DNS Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                      
DNS Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                      
DNS Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
DNS Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                             
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     
 
Final General Classification

1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                            28.31.26
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                 0.04
3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                          0.13
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       0.23
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                    0.31
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                  0.34
7 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems               0.55
8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 0.59
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo        1.00
10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                            1.12
11 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.24
12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.31
13 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                           1.50
14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                             1.56
15 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems              2.05
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       2.14
17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                            2.15
18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile                            2.22
19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo       2.23
20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                          3.14
21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             3.20
22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                     3.25
23 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne                    3.49
24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   4.09
25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        
26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         4.18
27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                  4.37
28 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                         4.46
29 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                               4.59
30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      5.01
31 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                   5.07
32 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      5.30
33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                 5.34
34 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                              5.45
35 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance                         6.44
36 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                             6.53
37 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         7.08
38 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      7.12
39 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              7.36
40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                              7.38
41 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                          8.02
42 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                         8.08
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                        9.00
44 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     9.03
45 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel                       9.08
46 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                    9.12
47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                             9.40
48 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        10.22
49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             10.27
50 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                           10.52
51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance                     11.07
52 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                            11.15
53 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                     11.17
54 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                          11.23
55 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                            11.24
56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  11.43
57 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   12.20
58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        12.42
59 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo      13.26
60 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo         13.33
61 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir            13.36
62 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    14.08
63 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                14.46
64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                          14.51
65 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux               14.56
66 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems          14.57
67 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems            15.50
68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   15.52
69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                    15.59
70 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                16.05
71 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                               16.36
72 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                16.41
73 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir              16.42
74 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                    16.47
75 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                17.02
76 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel                   17.13
77 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                          17.27
78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                17.34
79 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            17.36
80 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  17.55
81 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                            18.36
82 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic             18.49
83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                       19.12
84 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  19.45
85 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                     20.38
86 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                              21.58
87 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                 22.00
88 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo    22.55
89 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  23.06
90 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      23.45
91 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                23.52
92 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     24.04
93 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic             24.05
94 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                            24.20
95 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                    24.30
96 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            24.32
97 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare        24.52
98 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  24.54
99 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                             25.59
100 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                26.10
101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    26.13
102 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                          26.15
103 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                               26.48
104 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      26.51
105 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                    27.00
106 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 28.08
107 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                   28.09
108 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir          28.34
109 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     28.46
110 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                           29.06
111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                 29.08
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                        29.24
113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                     29.58
114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                           30.52
115 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                          31.29
116 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      
117 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare     31.53
118 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                 32.00
119 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux               33.28
120 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      33.31
121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux             33.33
122 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance                    33.55
123 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                        34.37
124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo      35.18
125 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare           35.53
126 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir           35.56
127 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     36.52
128 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                     
129 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                    39.58
130 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo    40.21
131 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                            42.02
132 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                           44.24
133 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo    47.04
134 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 49.53
135 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                      50.24
136 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 54.02
 
Points Classification

1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                32 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems            31
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                              30
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                        25
5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     24
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                               19
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                            19
8 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo      17
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                      16
10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                 15
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                      14
12 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                        13
13 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       12
14 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 12
15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                             12
16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                            12
17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                           12
18 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare       11
19 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo    11
20 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems            10
21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo     10
22 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel                     10
23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                 10
24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic             9
25 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            8
26 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                            7
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems               7
28 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare      7
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                6
30 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            6
31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                   6
32 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   5
33 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  5
34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        5
35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                           4
36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                           4
37 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo     4
38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo      3
39 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                          3
40 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            3
41 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                     3
42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile                           2
43 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                   2
44 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                 2
45 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       2
46 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                            1
47 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems          1
48 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                1
49 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1

Mountains Classification

1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems          15 pts
2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare        11
3 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems              6
4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems             6
5 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         5
6 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   5
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                          3
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                    3
9 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    3
10 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                          3
11 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                            2
12 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo      2
13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic             2
14 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo     2
15 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                             1
16 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                1
17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            1

Team Classification

1 Tinkoff Credit Systems           85.37.54
2 Astana                               1.07
3 Caisse d'Epargne                     2.58
4 Team CSC                             4.34
5 Discovery Channel                    4.44
6 Liquigas                             5.15
7 T-Mobile Team                        5.29
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                      8.05
9 Acqua E Sapone- Mokambo              9.19
10 Team Milram                        11.03
11 Rabobank                           11.23
12 Quick Step - Innergetic            13.02
13 Saunier Duval - Prodir             13.20
14 Gerolsteiner                       13.28
15 Credit Agricole                    14.53
16 Lampre - Fondital                  19.48
17 Predictor - Lotto                  21.18
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                21.59
19 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone    24.35
20 Bouygues Telecom                   28.06
21 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare        43.01
22 Francaise des Jeux                 43.43

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