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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC
Italy, March 12-18, 2008
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Stage 6 - March 17: Civitanova Marche - Castelfidardo, 196 km
Freire takes Tirreno's Castelfidardo power climb
Cancellara's GC lead proves untouchable
By Gregor Brown in Castelfidardo
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Spaniard Oscar Freire took his second season win on Tirreno-Adriatico's power climb to Castelfidardo, nipping past Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes). The Liquigas and LPR teams had worked hard to position their leaders for the finale up the four-kilometre climb, but it was the 32 year-old three-time World Champion who ruled the hilltop town of accordion builders.
Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) made a bid for the stage win and Fabian Cancellara's overall lead mid-way up the climb, but the CSC rider matched the Italian pedal for pedal stroke to stuff the move. Cancellara, with a 16-second lead over Gasparotto, looks likely to keep the race lead when the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico concludes tomorrow with a sprinters' stage in San Benedetto del Tronto.
The race was formed by an early escape, but it was closed down by the fifth and last climb up Castelfidardo. Freire managed the climb's 4.5-percent gradient and an attack by Gasparotto to take the sprint from an elite group. "If you win here it means you are going strong," Freire said, referring to Saturday's Milano-Sanremo, where he has won twice.
"I think that the new finale won't change the race much. This year, the race will be changed by the riders, there are a lot of on-form, attacking riders. I think that it will be diverse for us [sprinters] at Sanremo. I also think that Cancellara can do it all, even win in the sprint."
It was 'Spartacus' Cancellara who rose to the occasion 24 hours after his time trial win to take the leader's maglia azzurra. After matching the attack from Gasparotto, he upped the pace before sitting in on the sprint finale.
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"The team worked completely for me to defend the jersey," said the 26 year-old Swiss. "Gasparotto did what he could to win, and I stuck with him. Freire showed he is going strong. After tomorrow, I will know more about Sanremo. Given today, I know that I can handle some attacks, like the one of Gasparotto. Overall, it is important to take this jersey home."
Pozzato kept his cards close to his chest while Gasparotto and Cancellara's candles flickered out. He followed on Di Luca's move through the last right hand curve; 'Pippo' was powerful, but not enough to hold off Freire who made the finale. 'Pippo' passed the Tirreno test and looks good to try for a repeat win in Sanremo. "I am going strong but so is everyone else," he confessed. "Petacchi is going, Gasparotto is going, Cancellara is going, Freire is going... Freire is one of the most astute sprinters in the finale. We will see in Sanremo."
Di Luca gained confidence from his week in Tirreno. "I tried, but unfortunately I got third place," 'The Killer' noted. "However, I am content. Maybe I started it too far out and, justifiably so, I was passed by Pozzato and then Freire." The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) permitting, he can use his form to take on the Ardennes Classics in April. "It is a good test for Belgium. I am already at eighty percent here in Tirreno, and to have a second and third place is not bad."
"As they say 'It is better to try, than not to try,'" Gasparotto confirmed of his move to dislodge Cancellara from the race lead. "I tried to win Tirreno, and not the stage, but Fabian was stronger than I. There was no question of cooperation because I would have taken ten seconds for the stage win. For Fabian, it was better that the group caught us."
Canadian Ryder Hesjedal (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) made the final winning move of 31 riders and has likely earned an air ticket to Belgium. "The finale was very hard. We had the standard break, but when you have do this thing [Castelfidardo - ed.] five times you know how it is going to be at the end," confirmed the 27 year-old. "I have been going hard since the beginning of February, so to make it through Tirreno was definitely an objective. I proved I can ride in the front with these guys. I will have some rest and have a crack at the Ardennes."
How it unfolded
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163 riders departed at 11:05 this morning from the Adriatico seaside town of Civitanova Marche under sunny and windy conditions. The peloton stretched out immediately under attacks and counterattacks.
Gerald Ciolek (High Road) and Igor Astarloa (Team Milram) were involved in a small crash, but were able to rejoin the others before the first successful break went. Renaud Dion (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne), Tristan Valentin (Cofidis), Luis Felipe Laverde (CSF Group Navigare), Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), William Frischkorn (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) and Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems) flew free at kilometre 25.
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The group's advantage shot up to two minutes by kilometre 32, and it hit five minutes by kilometre 62. This was the move of the day and one that would eventually need to be controlled by the teams of the favourites if they were to have a chance. A minor fall by Dion at kilometre 76 signalled the fall of the time gap. The Frenchman rejoined the escape, which had a maximum advantage of 6'22" at kilometre 118, but the work of CSC and then LPR and Liquigas brought the move closer to an end as Castelfidardo peaked on the horizon.
The first rise into the hilltop town gave the riders a taste of what they were in for in the closing four circuits. Bertolini opened the attacks on the third rise of Castelfidardo. Tjallingii also gave it a go in the following circuit, but it was Pablo Lastras' move in the final circuit that presented the last chance for the escapees. Kiryienka and Bertolini joined the Spaniard with three kilometres remaining, but the gruppo was tightening the screws.
Luis Felipe Laverde (CSF Group Navigare) chased behind the trio at 10 seconds. He was caught by the Liquigas and LPR led gruppo, where Daniele Pietropolli and Paolo Savoldelli pushed the rhythm for 'The Killer.' Gasparotto fired his missile at 1300 metres remaining. The Italian, clad in the maglia ciclamino of points leader, was solo before Cancellara closed the door to protect his GC lead. Di Luca led through the last curve and 'Pippo' Pozzato was able to come around, but on the back of the two Italians was Oscar the Cat. The Spaniard used the last 25 metres to take victory and put his name at the top of the list of Sanremo favourites.
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- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gets the better of Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas, green jersey) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes).
- The 4-kilometre climb took it out of the riders, as sprinters rarely cross the line in a tired pose like this.
- Freire made sure he stayed close to the front even if it meant using unusual means sometimes. This looked very similar to what riders did in Paris-Nice.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) also opted for the little short cut as he is cheered on by a tifosi.
- Freire, Di Luca and Pozzato (l-r) created a little gap to the peloton with their fierce sprinting up the hill.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) looks good in his blue jersey as his team-mate Andy Schleck looks on in admiration.
- Patrik Calcagni (Barloworld) during the stage.
- Cancellara on a downhill controlling his brakes with the touch of a finger.
- Di Luca on De Rosa and the Italian likes the feeling of being back on the bike.
- The break that didn't work as the main peloton caught them before the showdown.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) on a descent on a day where finishing was all that counted for him. The next day would provide one final hurray for the sprinters.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) checks on his team and sees that they are all there.
- Felipe Laverde in the green jersey of his team – staying true to his name.
- Spring is in the air and the Tirreno riders are happy they didn't have to deal with the conditions of the first few days in Paris-Nice.
- The peloton winds its way through the Italian country side.
- The break was a little ahead of the peloton.
- Renaud Dion gets a friendly push from Paolo Longo Borghini.
- German champion Fabian Wegmann rides along in the bunch.
- Frederik Willems en route to the finale.
- Cancellara smiles at the start and had more reasons to smile at the finish.
- Tom Boonen takes off on a sunny day.
- Bettini found a clever way to get up to the front of the peloton.
- Erik Zabel in his sprinting position but he didn't need that today.
- Pozzato with his colourful shoes
- CSC controlled the peloton as they had race leader Fabian Cancellara in the lineup.
- The peloton passing a scenic Italian village.
- A Rabobanker saw what Bettini did and figured he could follow suit.
- The impressive figure of Swede Magnus Backstedt (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) rides by, just after the start.
- CSC in control.
- Cancellara near the front.
- The peloton waiting for the gun to blast.
- Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
- Ermanno Capelli (Saunier Duval-Scott) in the feed zone.
- Di Luca signals to his team car.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) showing team-mates how to descend.
- Spanish champ Joaquím Rodriguez
- The peloton stretched out.
- Cancellara assists Pippo to read a statement about the inhumane treatment of Kevin Van Impe, who was subjected to a doping control while making arrangements for the funeral of his infant son.
- Pozzato explains that bike riders are also humans.
- Niklas Axelsson is still in the top 5 in GC.
- Tom Boonen powerful on his Specialized bike.
- LPR didn't have the brakes on as they were getting Di Luca in position.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) in the centre.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) attentive in the end.
- The sprint for victory and Pozzato looks like he's got it, but over his right shoulder trouble is brewing.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in the leader's jersey.
- Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) shows the strain after a hard fought win.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) shows the signs of a tough finish.
- Team CSC put the hammer down on the front of the peloton.
- Di Luca with his "killer" face on.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.46.44 (41,013 km/h) 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 7 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 17 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 19 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 21 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 25 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 26 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.13 33 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.17 36 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 0.24 37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 38 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 39 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 40 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 41 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.36 42 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.42 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 45 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 49 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 51 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 55 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 56 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 57 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 58 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.11 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 62 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.13 63 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 65 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 67 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19 68 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 1.29 69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.32 70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.41 71 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.45 72 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 73 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 74 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 75 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 76 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 77 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.52 78 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 2.08 79 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 80 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.17 82 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 2.21 83 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.37 84 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 85 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 86 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2.41 87 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.46 88 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.53 89 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 2.55 90 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.59 91 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.09 92 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 93 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 94 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 95 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 96 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 97 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 98 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 100 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 101 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 102 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 105 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 106 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 107 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 109 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 110 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 111 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 3.17 113 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 114 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 115 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.36 118 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.44 119 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.07 120 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 121 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 4.37 123 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.03 127 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 5.30 128 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 129 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 6.06 130 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 131 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 132 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 133 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 6.51 134 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6.59 135 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 136 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.37 137 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 138 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 139 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 140 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 141 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 11.42 143 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 144 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.58 147 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 148 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 149 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 150 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 151 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 152 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 153 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 155 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 156 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 158 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 159 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 160 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 161 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 162 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 163 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC General classification after stage 6 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 23.17.31 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.16 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.40 4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.53 5 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.32 6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 1.36 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.44 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.51 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.53 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2.26 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.31 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.34 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 15 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.45 16 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.00 17 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.09 18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.11 19 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.27 20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.53 21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.56 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.57 23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 4.00 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 4.40 25 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 4.54 26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 5.07 27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6.06 28 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.14 29 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.29 30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6.36 31 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.14 32 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 7.22 33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 7.41 34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7.55 35 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 8.04 36 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 10.17 37 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.49 38 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 11.42 39 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 12.29 40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 12.36 41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.50 42 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.31 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 13.50 44 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.14 45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 46 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.22 47 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 15.55 48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.16 49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.24 50 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.52 51 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 17.01 52 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 17.18 53 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.41 54 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18.01 55 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.14 56 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 18.44 57 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 18.49 58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.50 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 18.55 60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.07 61 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 19.10 62 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.26 63 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20.09 64 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 20.11 65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.24 66 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 20.54 67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 21.02 68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 21.13 69 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 21.15 70 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 21.20 71 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.36 72 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 21.43 73 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.17 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 22.23 75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.41 76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 23.00 77 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.01 78 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 23.12 79 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 24.14 80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 24.23 81 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 24.33 82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 24.40 83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 24.43 84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.46 85 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.47 86 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 24.51 87 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.57 88 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 25.09 89 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 25.18 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.19 91 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 25.41 92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 26.07 93 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 26.17 94 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 26.28 95 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 26.29 96 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.30 97 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 26.38 98 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26.41 99 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26.46 100 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 27.04 101 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27.21 102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 27.27 103 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 104 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 27.55 105 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 28.15 106 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28.26 107 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 28.30 108 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 28.39 109 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 29.10 110 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.17 111 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 30.16 112 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 30.17 113 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 30.37 114 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.44 115 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 31.02 116 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 31.51 117 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 32.03 118 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 32.07 119 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 120 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.13 121 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 32.21 122 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 32.58 123 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.38 124 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.33 125 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35.36 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 35.54 127 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 36.04 128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 36.39 129 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 37.09 131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 37.25 132 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 38.22 133 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.51 134 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 39.05 135 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 39.58 136 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 40.27 137 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 40.46 138 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 41.00 139 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 42.06 140 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43.34 141 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 43.43 142 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 44.42 143 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 45.30 144 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 46.21 145 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 47.03 146 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 47.14 147 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 47.36 148 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 47.54 149 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48.29 150 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 48.45 151 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 48.46 152 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 51.10 153 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 51.37 154 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 52.29 155 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 53.11 156 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.03 157 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 55.50 158 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 58.02 159 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 1.00.26 160 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 1.00.36 161 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.02.51 162 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.07.22 163 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.37 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 34 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 29 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 22 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 22 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 22 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 20 7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 13 11 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 11 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 9 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 20 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 22 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 7 24 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 25 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 26 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 6 27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 28 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 29 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 31 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 32 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 33 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 34 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 36 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 38 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 39 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 3 40 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 2 42 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 43 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 44 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 45 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 46 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 47 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 2 48 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 50 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 51 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 52 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1 54 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1 55 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 56 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 Mountans classification 1 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 pts 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 3 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 4 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 5 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 6 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 5 9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 12 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 1 16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 1 18 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 1 19 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 23.18.11 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.46 3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.16 4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6.42 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.37 6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.09 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17.21 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.46 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.17 10 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 24.29 11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.58 12 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.41 13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 26.47 14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 15 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 27.35 16 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 27.59 17 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 28.30 18 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 31.11 19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 31.23 20 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 31.27 21 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.33 23 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.58 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33.53 25 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 35.24 26 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 37.42 27 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 38.25 28 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 39.47 29 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 40.06 30 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41.26 31 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 43.03 32 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 46.23 33 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 47.49 34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 48.05 35 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.23 36 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 57.22 Teams classification 1 Team High Road 69.58.21 2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.44 3 Liquigas 3.20 4 Caisse d'Epargne 3.37 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.16 6 Team CSC 6.34 7 Quick Step 7.59 8 Lampre 8.37 9 LPR Brakes 9.26 10 Barloworld 10.42 11 Ag2r-La Mondiale 13.43 12 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 16.36 13 Française Des Jeux 19.19 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.34 15 Saunier Duval-Scott 21.46 16 CSF Group Navigare 24.36 17 Silence-Lotto 27.36 18 Gerolsteiner 28.38 19 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 30.14 20 Rabobank 31.48 21 Team Milram 58.10
