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91st Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2008
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Stage 7 - Friday, May 16: Vasto - Pescocostanzo, 180km
Good day for LPR as Bosisio triumphs and Di Luca shows form
Visconti holds on to Maglia Rosa, Riccò, Piepoli and Contador look good
By Shane Stokes in Pescocostanzo, with additional reporting by Gregor Brown
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The Italian was part of a large break which went clear very early in the day and he, Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Italy's Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) and Colombia's Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld) turned the screw on the day's penultimate climb of Pietransieri.
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Cárdenas was dropped inside the final ten kilometres, Sella suffered a flat tyre and Bosisio shed Kiryienka to finish 46 seconds clear. Behind, Di Luca, Riccardo Riccò, Leonardo Piepoli (both Saunier Duval - Scott) and 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) rocketed clear of the other favourites and finished in that order, with Di Luca and Riccò crossing the line two minutes and four seconds behind Bosisio and the other two three and six seconds back, respectively.
Race leader Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) was dropped on the climb and conceded one minute and 48 seconds to Di Luca, but had enough time in hand to hold on to the maglia rosa. What's more, he extended his lead over Matthias Russ (Gerolsteiner) to nine seconds. The 25 year-old Visconti finished four minutes back from the winner.
"We didn't know that this break would take so much time, it was a surprise for us," said an elated Bosisio after the stage. "When I was in it, Di Luca asked me if my legs were okay. I said yes, so they let me make my race. They were very confident with me today."
He was asked about the fact that he won, thus denying Di Luca the chance to triumph in his local region. Bosisio said that the team's plan changed during the stage and the leader was happy with the final outcome. "It is true that Danilo wanted to win this stage but he has a bigger project, to win the Giro d'Italia," he said. "There was no problem, I had to go in the break this morning. Then Di Luca was to attack in the final of the stage. So we did as we were supposed to do.
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"He let me ride for the win and I think he is happy with the result. Also he is satisfied because he realised his form is okay as he rode well. Now I will help him, the Giro is long."
Bosisio, winner of the road race at the Olympic test event in Beijing last summer, was questioned about surging when Sella had a flat. He denied that there was anything unsporting going on. "I didn't know he had a puncture just when I attacked. I was surprised that he wasn't with me, I knew only after the finish that he had a puncture. I don't know who would have won between us if we were together going for the win. We are very different.
"In a race like that, it is important to respect everyone as it is very difficult. Sella is now leader of the King of the Mountains classification - I hope he will win it now and have other satisfactions."
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador rode very strongly, showing that even with limited time to prepare for the race, he is a force to be reckoned with. He went with Di Luca and Riccò and although they got clear of him before the line, he only ended up losing six seconds to the duo. The expectation is that he will grow stronger as the race goes on.
"I didn't feel great, I was dead," he said afterwards. "I went to my limit. Di Luca was very strong. But I have to be happy because this is the first hard stage and my level was higher than I expected coming here. I expected perhaps to do a little less well than I did.
"This result is a good sign, I hope the time trial goes well."
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Team-mate Levi Leipheimer finished 18th, 45 seconds behind his team-mate. "That was hard," he told Cyclingnews. "It was tougher day than I expected, with the group getting away. The climbs in the middle were really hard. It was a tough day."
Visconti had hoped to hold onto the race lead and so it turned out. He said he was inspired by the maglia rosa. "I think last year, I would have finished on the Gruppetto on this sort of stage," he admitted. "This year, with this jersey, it was easier to stay there, to be courageous and to do something good.
"Also, I was very tired this morning. My legs were heavy. But then when I saw the people, when I saw my team which was very close to me, I gave more in the last kilometres."
He said that world champion Paolo Bettini was particularly helpful. "He helped me a lot. He was speaking and speaking and speaking all the time, telling me to stay calm because the German rider [Matthias Russ] would not finish with the first riders. He said that he would blow up before I did.
"Bettini was also saying to keep focussed, to go on certain sides to avoid the wind. I hope I will have the possibility to help him win a stage and thus repay him for the help he gave me. It is not the first time - last year, after the World Championships, he helped me win the Coppa Sabatini. He did a lot for me and I hope I can help him in the next days."
The Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli team of former double Giro champion Gilberto Simoni did a lot of the chasing near the end. Visconti denied that a deal had been done. "I didn't look for an alliance, it happened like that because they needed to chase Di Luca," he said. "There was no arrangement with Simoni, it just happened."
How it unfolded
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Racers crossed the Apennine from east to west and then completed never previously used finish into Abruzzo's Pescocostanzo. The 187 riders are slated for a 180-kilometre romp that will be highlighted by the final 22 kilometres that feature a 9.2-kilometre rise to Pietransieri and the final 2.85-kilometre kick to Pescocostanzo.
The Corsa Rosa left Vasto at 12:09 under cloudy skies. The first eight kilometres were highlighted by failed attacks and counter-attacks, but then Bielorussia's Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems), 26 years-old, broke the reins of the gruppo. However, they were quickly mended and he found himself back in the fold three kilometres later.
Kiryienka got clear again at kilometre 14, this time with a large group of riders. By kilometre 21 there were three riders – Kiryienka, Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) and Filippo Savini (CSF Group Navigare) – being trailed by 36 others at 25", while the gruppo maglia rosa was at 4'50".
Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) and Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld) bridged to the trio to form a move of five, which 40 seconds over the chase and eight minutes clear – kilometre 30 – of the main peloton of race leader Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step).
Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) bridged at kilometre 33 and a counter-attack by Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne), Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) and Simon Spilak (Lampre) followed at kilometre 55. A new group was formed with seven members: Sella, Horrach, Baliani, Spilak, Cárdenas, Bosisio and, the original man, Kiryienka.
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The race suffered two losses at kilometre 70; Kiryienka's team-mate, Alberto Loddo, and Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) abandoned.
With 100 kilometres remaining, in Castelverrino, the seven racers had 4'14" over the trailing 32 and 8'15" over the gruppo maglia rosa being led by Gilberto Simoni's Diquigiovanni team. The second chase group consisted of Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes), Nicolas Rousseau (AG2R La Mondiale), Maxim Iglinsky (Astana), Assan Bazayev (Astana), Steve Cummings (Barloworld), Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne), José Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne), Yann Huguet (Cofidis), Filippo Savini (CSF Group Navigare), Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Volker Ordowski (Gerolsteiner), Kanstantsin Siutsou (High Road), Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre), Dario Cataldo (Liquigas), Andrea Noè (Liquigas), Alexander Efimkin (Quick Step), Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank), Iker Camaño (Saunier Duval-Scott), Alessandro Bertolini, Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Silence-Lotto), Danny Pate (Slipstream Chipotle - H30), Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC), Sergio Ghisalberti (Team Milram), Alberto Ongarato (Team Milram).
Through the feed-zone in Miranda, kilometre 109, the leaders held 6'20" over the gruppo maglia rosa.
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Aitor Galdos (Euskaltel-Euskadi) abandoned the race on the GPM (Gran Premio della Montagna) of Macerone. Patrick Calcagni (Barloworld) followed suit immediately afterwards.
Sella – in the mountain leader's maglia verde – Cárdenas and Baliani, in that order, led over the Category three GPM of Valico di Macerone. Simon Spilak (Lampre) and Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne) went in crisis over the climb and the race fell under the control of the remaining five, 25" over the duo. The next chase was at 3'00" and the gruppo maglia rosa at 5'00".
Sella and Cárdenas, respectively, led over the GPM Rionero Sannitico. The group of 32 was blown apart on the climb, crossing the top in smaller groups, led by the four of Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Silence-Lotto), Kanstantsin Siutsou (High Road) and Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) at 1'55". The gruppo maglia rosa passed at 6'20" back.
Horrach, Alexander Efimkin (Quick Step) and Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank) worked their way back to the leading chase of four, making seven. At 40 kilometres remaining, the leading five were being chased by seven at 2'55". Astana were leading the main gruppo.
At the start of the GPM of Pietransieri, with 22.7km remaining, the leading five had four minutes on the seven and 5'14" over the Saunier Duval-led gruppo. LPR Brakes took control of the chase with Alessandro Spezialetti; it strung out the group and put race leader Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) into difficulties while picking up the group of seven. Meanwhile, the front group of five looked comfortable.
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Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) opened up with 3.5 kilometres to the top of the climb. His move was followed a few moments later by 2007 race winner, Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes), with Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) in tow. Alberto Contador (Astana) and Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) followed. Rodríguez was dropped and four – Piepoli, Riccò, Di Luca and Contador – crossed the top of the Pietransieri at 2'38" behind the leading four. In that lead group, Baliani had dropped and Sella led over the top.
Cárdenas was dropped in the final nine kilometres, leaving three leaders. Sella had a flat tire and Bossini flew the coup at three kilometres to go. With five kilometres remaining, he had 2'34" on the Riccò chase group.
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Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare), Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld) chased, separately, in that order. Bosisio had the stage wrapped up, 28 seconds on Kiryienka at two kilometres to go.
After four hours and 45 minutes of racing, Como's Gabriele Bosisio came into Pescocostanzo for the race win. Kiryienka, who stared the day's attacks, finished in second at 42". Sella and Cárdenas took third and fourth. Contador let off the accelerator, while Di Luca led home the chase for fifth ahead of Riccò and Piepoli at 2'30".
Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step), who remains the race leader, finished four minutes back in the maglia rosa.
Stage 8 - Saturday, May 17: Rivisondoli - Tivoli, 208km
The Corsa Rosa returns in stage eight to Tivoli, the land were Belgium's Roger De Vlaeminck ruled in 1975. After an early climb, the Forca d'Acero, the stage will descend and hit some hard, unclassified climbs. The last four-thousand metres will rise slightly to make for a slow and painful day's end. It is another stage for a punchy rider, like Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) or Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
Photography
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- Italian rider Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) celebrates as he crosses the finish line first.
- Italian rider Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) powers in on his way to the win.
- Bubbly time for Italian rider Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) after his stage win.
- Race leader Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) keeps his jersey another day.
- Giro leader Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) rides with team-mates, among them World champion Paolo Bettini.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) does plenty of work today to help his team-mates.
- Italian rider Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) pedals during stage seven.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) rides with concentration.
- Spaniard Alberto Contador (Astana) takes a drink during stage seven.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) pushes the pace.
- Italian rider Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
- The peloton passes some sheep during stage seven.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) signs in for the stage.
- Giro director Angelo Zomegnan greets 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador (Astana).
- Alberto Contador (Astana) works for the fans.
- Race leader Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) at the race start.
- Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems) starts the day's attacks.
- Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes)
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld)
- Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld) rides in the lead escape.
- Slovenian Champion Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale)
- Sheep watch the race go by.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana)
- Matthias Russ (Gerolsteiner) holds the maglia bianca for Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step).
- Feedbag handed out to Steve Cummings (Barloworld).
- Mark Cavendish (High Road)
- Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) takes a corner.
- Gianni Bugno pilots the helicopter.
- Steve Cummings (Barloworld)
- Markus Eichler (Team Milram)
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) rides in the maglia rosa.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) rides in the maglia ciclamino.
- Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) forced to stop with a flat tire.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) launches his attack.
- Race leader Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) after the stage.
- Germany's Andreas Klöden (Astana) after the stage.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) finishes.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) leads Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes).
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas)
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) comes home fifth.
- Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) wins.
- Italy's Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) takes stage seven.
- Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) on the winner's podium.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads the charge.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) with Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) in tow.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott), Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Alberto Contador (Astana).
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) leads team-mate Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
- Riccò and Di Luca (l-r) duel in the stage's finale.
- Spain's Alberto Contador (Astana) is looking to be a serious GC Giro d'Italia threat.
Results
1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4.45.05 (37.041km/h) 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.46 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1.02 4 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1.33 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2.04 6 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.07 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 2.10 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.55 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 11 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 15 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence Lotto 20 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 21 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 23 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Juan M. Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.30 28 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 3.46 29 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3.52 30 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 3.53 31 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 3.55 33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) High Road 34 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 36 José Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 38 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 40 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 41 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.01 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 45 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 46 Mauricio A. Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 48 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence Lotto 4.04 49 Marco Pinotti (Ita) High Road 4.06 50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4.13 51 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4.39 52 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 53 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence Lotto 4.45 54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4.52 55 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.14 56 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 57 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 10.23 59 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 62 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 11.13 64 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 14.51 65 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 67 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 68 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 69 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 70 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence Lotto 72 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 73 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 74 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 75 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 76 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 77 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle 78 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 79 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 16.25 81 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 82 José A. Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 83 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 84 David Cañada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 85 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) CSF Group Navigare 86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 17.52 87 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 24.29 88 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 91 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 93 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 94 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 95 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 99 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 100 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 101 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 102 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 103 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 104 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 105 Marlon A. Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 110 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 112 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 115 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 116 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 117 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 118 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle 119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 120 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 121 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 123 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 124 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence Lotto 28.11 126 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 128 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 129 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 132 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 133 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence Lotto 134 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 135 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 136 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 138 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 139 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 140 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road 141 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence Lotto 142 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 143 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 144 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle 145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 146 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 147 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 149 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 150 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 151 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 152 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 154 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 155 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 156 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 157 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 158 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 159 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence Lotto 160 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 162 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 163 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 164 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 166 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road 167 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 168 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 169 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 170 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 171 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 172 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 173 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 174 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 175 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 176 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 177 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 178 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 179 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle 180 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 181 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle 182 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.21 183 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 28.30 DNF Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems DNF Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux DNF Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld Points 1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 33 pts 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 18 4 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 18 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 12 6 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 10 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 8 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 12 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana 5 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2 16 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1 17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 1 Mountains Valico di Macerone (Km 118.1) 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 3 pts 2 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 Rionero Sannitico (Km 131.7) 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 10 pts 2 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 6 3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4 4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 5 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1 Pietransieri (Km 166.5) 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 5 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3 3 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1 Pescocostanzo (Km 176) 1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 15 pts 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 4 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2 Combative 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 13 3 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11 4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4 pts 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 Fuga Cervelo 1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 155 pts 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 147 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 135 4 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 135 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 87 6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 50 7 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 50 8 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 27 9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Fast team 1 LPR Brakes - Ballan 14.20.14 2 CSF Group - Navigare 1.53 3 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.37 4 Astana 3.01 5 Team Csc 3.46 6 Barloworld 4.43 7 Liquigas 4.44 8 Caisse d'Epargne 5.52 9 Silence - Lotto 6.45 10 Quick Step 6.49 11 High Road 7.03 12 Saunier Duval - Scott 9.26 13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12.14 14 AG2R La Mondiale 12.20 15 Gerolsteiner 16.48 16 Rabobank 17 Lampre 18 Française des Jeux 17.42 19 Slipstream - Chipotle 38.07 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.58 21 Team Milram 1.08.28 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.12.10 Super team 1 LPR Brakes - Ballan 41 pts 2 Saunier Duval - Scott 29 3 Astana 26 4 Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 5 CSF Group - Navigare 18 6 Barloworld 17 7 Gerolsteiner 12 8 Liquigas 11 9 Caisse d'Epargne 9 10 Rabobank 8 11 Lampre 7 12 Team Csc 7 13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 14 Silence - Lotto 2 15 AG2R La Mondiale 16 Slipstream - Chipotle 17 Quick Step 18 High Road 19 Française des Jeux 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Team Milram 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone General classification after stage seven 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 32.03.01 2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.09 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5.43 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 7.27 5 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 7.36 6 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 7.46 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.53 8 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 7.56 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8.11 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8.19 12 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8.28 13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 8.30 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.38 15 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 8.39 16 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.48 18 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8.55 19 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.56 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 8.57 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.13 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9.14 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9.16 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 9.17 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.22 26 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 9.25 27 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) High Road 9.29 28 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence Lotto 9.30 29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9.41 30 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9.48 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 9.54 32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.55 33 Juan M. Soler (Col) Barloworld 9.59 34 Marco Pinotti (Ita) High Road 10.05 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 10.10 36 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 10.14 37 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 10.16 38 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 10.19 39 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 10.23 40 José Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10.31 41 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 10.32 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.36 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 10.37 44 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 10.42 45 Mauricio A. Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.46 46 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 10.47 47 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 10.56 48 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.04 49 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 11.07 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.15 51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence Lotto 11.20 52 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.22 53 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 11.58 54 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Ballan 14.27 55 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 16.18 56 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 17.05 57 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.36 58 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 19.13 59 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 20.59 60 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 21.14 61 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 21.17 62 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.28 63 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 22.03 64 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence Lotto 22.04 65 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 22.17 66 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 22.34 67 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 22.46 68 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.28 69 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.40 70 David Cañada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.46 71 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.21 72 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 26.11 73 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.32 74 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle 26.41 75 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 27.25 76 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 28.08 77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 29.34 78 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 30.33 79 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 30.36 80 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30.48 81 Marlon A. Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 31.42 82 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.46 83 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 32.03 84 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 32.55 85 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle 33.17 86 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 33.26 87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 33.50 88 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.55 89 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 34.01 90 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 34.21 91 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 35.23 92 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence Lotto 35.30 93 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 36.00 94 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 36.15 95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36.38 96 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 37.28 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 37.42 98 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 38.16 99 José A. Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 39.45 100 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 40.35 101 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 41.32 102 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 41.54 103 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 104 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 42.03 105 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42.18 106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.53 107 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 43.00 108 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 43.06 109 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road 44.34 110 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.41 111 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 44.46 112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 45.22 113 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 45.51 114 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 46.26 115 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46.35 116 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.38 117 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 46.39 118 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 47.53 119 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 49.23 120 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 49.39 121 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 50.01 122 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 50.02 123 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 50.06 124 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 50.07 125 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 50.20 126 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 50.43 127 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 50.56 128 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 51.08 129 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 52.00 130 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52.15 131 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle 52.16 132 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52.17 133 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 52.32 134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.33 135 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53.00 136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.45 137 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 53.51 138 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 54.41 139 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 54.49 140 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.06 141 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 55.30 142 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) CSF Group Navigare 56.23 143 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 56.38 144 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 57.16 145 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence Lotto 57.28 146 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58.20 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 58.41 148 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.06 149 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 59.07 150 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road 59.09 151 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.00.07 152 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00.25 153 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1.01.33 154 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.01.34 155 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1.01.37 156 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.03.17 157 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.03.39 158 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.04.16 159 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 1.04.43 160 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 1.04.58 161 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 1.05.25 162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05.52 163 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.09 164 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.06.10 165 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence Lotto 1.06.14 166 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence Lotto 1.06.39 167 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.07.53 168 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 1.09.13 169 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 1.09.16 170 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.09.51 171 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle 1.09.57 172 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 1.10.28 173 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11.33 174 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.12.02 175 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 176 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence Lotto 1.12.32 177 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 1.12.58 178 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.16.53 179 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.17.52 180 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20.07 181 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.20.16 182 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle 1.23.16 183 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.28.35 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 50 pts 2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 44 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 33 4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 32 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 32 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 30 8 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 29 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28 10 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 13 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 15 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 20 16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 19 17 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 19 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 19 19 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 17 21 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 16 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 16 23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 16 24 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 25 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 26 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 28 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 15 29 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 15 30 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 31 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 14 32 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 12 34 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 12 35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 12 36 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana 11 37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 38 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 10 39 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 40 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9 41 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence Lotto 9 42 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle 8 43 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 8 44 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 45 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 46 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 47 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 8 48 Marlon A. Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 8 49 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road 8 50 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 7 51 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle 7 52 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 53 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 54 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 55 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 5 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 5 58 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 59 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 5 60 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 61 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 4 63 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence Lotto 4 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 4 65 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 66 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 67 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 68 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 2 69 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 70 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2 71 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 1 72 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence Lotto 1 73 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 74 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 36 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 19 3 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 16 4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 6 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 7 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 3 8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 3 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2 11 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 2 13 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 14 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 16 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Best young rider classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 32.03.01 2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.09 3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.53 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8.19 5 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8.55 6 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 9.25 7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence Lotto 9.30 8 Juan M. Soler (Col) Barloworld 9.59 9 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 11.07 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence Lotto 11.20 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 17.05 12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 21.17 13 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.28 14 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.28 15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 26.11 16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 27.25 17 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 32.03 18 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence Lotto 35.30 19 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42.18 20 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 43.06 21 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road 44.34 22 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 44.46 23 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 49.39 24 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 50.06 25 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 50.07 26 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 50.20 27 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 50.56 28 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 51.08 29 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52.17 30 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 52.32 31 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53.00 32 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.45 33 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.06 34 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 55.30 35 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 56.38 36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 57.16 37 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence Lotto 57.28 38 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58.20 39 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road 59.09 40 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1.01.33 41 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1.01.37 42 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 1.04.43 43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05.52 44 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.06.10 45 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.07.53 46 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.09.51 47 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20.07 48 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle 1.23.16 49 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.28.35 Expo Milano 2015 classification 1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 5 5 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle 5 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 5 7 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 9 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 10 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4 11 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 12 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 4 13 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 3 14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3 15 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 18 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 2 19 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 2 21 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 22 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 25 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1 26 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1 Combative classification 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 21 pts 2 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 14 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 13 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 13 5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 7 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9 8 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 9 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 8 10 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 12 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 7 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 7 15 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 16 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 6 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 18 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 5 21 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle 5 22 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 25 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 4 26 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 27 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 29 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3 30 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 3 31 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 33 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 34 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 35 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2 36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 2 37 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 2 38 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 2 39 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 40 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 41 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 2 42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 43 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 44 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 1 45 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 46 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1 47 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 48 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1 Azzuri d'Italia classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 5 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4 3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 4 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4 5 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 4 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 2 8 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 10 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 15 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 1 16 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 17 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Fuga Cervelo classification 1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 319 pts 2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 263 3 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 184 4 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 184 5 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle 184 6 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 183 7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 162 8 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 155 9 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 147 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 135 11 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 135 12 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 135 13 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 135 14 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 135 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 135 16 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 128 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 87 18 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 50 19 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 50 20 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 27 21 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 22 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 23 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 11 24 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 25 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 7 Fast team classification 1 CSF Group Navigare 95.28.54 2 Astana 0.31 3 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.35 4 Team Csc 2.13 5 Quick Step 5.06 6 LPR Brakes - Ballan 8.13 7 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11.33 8 Liquigas 12.46 9 Barloworld 13.36 10 Caisse d'Epargne 14.59 11 Lampre 15.19 12 Gerolsteiner 15.21 13 High Road 15.50 14 Silence - Lotto 16.22 15 Saunier Duval - Scott 18.21 16 Rabobank 22.25 17 AG2R La Mondiale 24.13 18 Française des Jeux 29.35 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.53 20 Slipstream - Chipotle 46.24 21 Team Milram 1.33.03 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.35.49 Super team classification 1 Gerolsteiner 120 pts 2 Liquigas 104 3 LPR Brakes - Ballan 97 4 Astana 97 5 Saunier Duval - Scott 85 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 81 7 CSF Group Navigare 76 8 Quick Step 66 9 High Road 65 10 Française des Jeux 61 11 Caisse d'Epargne 60 12 Team Milram 48 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 14 Lampre 44 15 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 42 16 Rabobank 41 17 Silence - Lotto 41 18 Team CSC 34 19 Barloworld 27 20 Slipstream - Chipotle 17 21 AG2R La Mondiale 8 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone Fair play classification 1 Quick Step 0 pts 2 LPR Brakes - Ballan 0 3 CSF Group - Navigare 0 4 Barloworld 0 5 Saunier Duval - Scott 0 6 Team CSC 0 7 Caisse d'Epargne 0 8 Lampre 0 9 AG2R La Mondiale 0 10 Française des Jeux 0 11 Team Milram 0 12 Gerolsteiner 10 13 Silence - Lotto 10 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 15 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 16 Astana 20 17 Liquigas 20 18 Rabobank 20 19 Slipstream - Chipotle 20 20 High Road 20 21 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 22 Tinkoff Credit Systems 25
