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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC

Italy, March 12-18, 2008

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Stage 3 - March 14: Gubbio - Montelupone, 195 km

Joaquím Rodríguez howls on Montelupone

Axelsson takes over GC lead

By Gregor Brown

Spanish Champion Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne), 28, wins on top of Montelupone ahead of Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and moves into third overall
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Spanish Champion Joaquím Rodríguez took charge on the 20 percent gradients of Tirreno-Adriatico's Montelupone to win stage three and move into third overall. The 28 year-old of Caisse d'Epargne attacked near 200 metres remaining to distance LPR Brakes leader, Danilo Di Luca, who finished second at 12 seconds. Swede Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) rode strong and finished third to take the overall leadership from Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), who finished sixth.

Rodríguez, whose last win came in July with the Clasica de Ordizia, launched soon after Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) was captured. "I am really happy", explained Rodríguez after the finish in Montelupone. "Yesterday I already felt good but I missed the good breakaway. Today I knew that the stage was really a difficult one, most of all because of the final climb, with some passages at 20% where the speed was not faster than 6 kph.

"I attacked at 300 metres from the finish and I gave it all 'til the finish. I am really satisfied because this climb looked like the Mur de Huy, which is the final climb in the Flèche Wallonne, but harder! Considering the fact that this race, together with Liège-Bastogne-Liège, is one of the main objectives of my season, my victory today is really a good sign and also the proof that my preparation has been the right one 'til now."

The Caisse d'Epargne rider moved himself up higher in the general classification with his victory, but isn't confident that he can move up. "I am now the third overall, but because of the long time trial that is still to come, I don't think that I have a chance to win the general classification."

Still, the Spaniard showed he is ready for the upcoming Classics by putting 12 seconds into 'The Killer' Di Luca in the final 200 metres. The Italian was nonetheless satisfied with his form ahead of the Ardennes Classics.

Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) finished second ahead of Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti), the new overall leader of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
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"It was a lot harder and longer than the Mur de Huy – terrible!" said Di Luca after finishing second. "I am happy to already be showing form at the Tirreno-Adriatico, it is an important sign for me."

"It was a very hard finish, they said 20 percent, but it felt like 27," said Gasparotto while wearing the leader's maglia azzurra that he soon after handed over to 35 year-old Axelsson. "Compliments to Niklas Axelsson, he did well. I am in second, and I will hope for a good time trial."

The day was marked by the two-man escape of José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale), which was reeled in before the first of two ascents of the 1.78-kilometre Montelupone.

Early in the day, Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) were involved in a crash. Italian Riccò stayed on the ground before remounting and finishing the stage near 15 minutes down.

Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) lost the race leadership, but road well today
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"The road was dirty and I crashed. Today was the day for me, I was feeling good, but... The season has started bad. I hope that later on I will have better luck," noted 'The Cobra' from Formigine (Modena).

How it unfolded

166 riders rolled out of Gubbio at 10:43 for the start of the third day of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico, a westward run into Italy's Le Marche region. Attacks went from the gun, and by kilometre 17 Alan Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Mickaël Delage (Française des Jeux) had worked free. Their advantage of 26 seconds was soon washed clear at kilometre 28.

Only three kilometres later, kilometre 31, the day's major escape was formed with Spaniard José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Frenchman Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale). By kilometre 43 they had 4'13" and at the Passo del Cornello GPM (km 49.7) they had 5'22".

The duo's gap rocketed up to eight minutes, but they were too need more as there were two passages of the wall, the 1.78-kilometre climb of Montelupone (the second being the finish).

'Il Falco' Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) gave his all for team-mate Di Luca
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As tensions rose and the riders zoomed towards Montelupone, there was a crash at kilometre 160 with Riccò, Boonen, Freire and Joost Posthuma (Rabobank). The riders were all able to get back up and continue.

It was at the top of the first passage that the race was coming back together. Mondory struggled and remained in at the head of affairs over the top of the climb, topping out at 263m. He had 30" on a wobbling Garcia and 1'25 on the main chasers, led by race leader Gasparotto and Thomas Lövkvist (High Road).

A group containing World Champ Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) passed the Montelupone later on, many of the riders forced to dismount and walk up the steep gradients.

Serramenti and LPR Brakes were hammering at the front for Axelsson and Di Luca, respectively. Paolo Savoldelli, Jure Golcer and Daniele Pietropolli (all LPR Brakes), and Daniele Nardello and Alessandro Bertolini (both Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) where the notable workers making the pace.

A downed television motorbike made matters worse in the finale
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Their efforts thinned the group down, picked up the leading duo (at kilometre 178) and set up the race for the final run of Montelupone. In the lead group was race leader Gasparotto, George Hincapie (High Road) and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), among others.

The green wave of LPR rounded the right-hander first to start Montelupone, where Italian Champ Visconti fired at 1100m remaining. 200 metres later he had a five-second gap on a group that was waiting for the "horrible" finale. Fiery Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) led the chase to pick up Visconti, which led the launch of Rodríguez.

Many riders could not handle Montelupone's stiff gradients and were forced to walk the final 200 metres. Conditions were made worse when a race motorbike fell over, blocking many of the late arrivals. However, Frenchman and early escapee, Loyd Mondory, did ride his bike all the way home.

Photography

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Results

1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        4.44.59 (40.423 km/h)
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                    0.12
3 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                  
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                   
5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       0.17
6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 0.22
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   0.23
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            0.26
9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                                
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                      
11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        0.31
12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
13 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                              
14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                  
15 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               0.37
16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         0.44
18 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        
20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                        
21 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                0.50
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                0.53
23 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              0.56
24 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
25 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          0.59
26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  1.01
28 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    1.11
29 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     1.30
30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         1.38
31 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            1.40
32 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                       1.45
33 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          1.50
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                          
35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                 2.04
37 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              2.09
38 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               2.12
39 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            
40 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
41 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            2.15
42 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   2.20
43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              
44 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 2.37
45 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                  2.44
47 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           2.55
48 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                          
49 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        3.14
50 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   3.20
51 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            3.42
52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     3.53
53 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 4.13
54 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     5.05
55 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                  5.08
56 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         5.25
57 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         7.01
58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     
59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                          7.04
60 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    
61 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           7.05
62 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                      
64 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            
66 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                             
67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                     7.12
68 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         
69 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       7.18
70 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                         
71 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                7.24
72 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
73 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                    8.11
74 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                    
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                 10.02
76 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                               
77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                          
78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                     
79 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                
80 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                           
81 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
82 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                         
83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
84 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  
85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             10.11
86 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               10.14
87 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                    
88 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             10.23
89 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      10.26
90 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                          
91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
92 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                                   
93 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
95 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
96 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        
97 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    10.31
98 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     10.38
99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                      
100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  
101 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                      
102 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      10.43
103 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                                
104 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   10.45
105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                         10.55
106 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                   10.58
107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                        
108 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        
109 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                        
110 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                 11.12
111 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         11.15
112 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               11.59
113 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                    12.26
114 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                12.32
115 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          12.39
116 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               
117 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                   12.46
118 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                           
119 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 12.49
120 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     12.54
121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                     12.58
122 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              
123 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        13.01
125 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    13.05
126 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                
127 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   13.08
128 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          13.11
129 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
130 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                        
131 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                                 
132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              13.14
133 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                              13.16
134 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  13.20
135 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                   
136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                             13.24
137 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                
138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                                   
139 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  
140 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      13.27
141 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     13.33
142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  14.25
143 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                               
144 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                       
145 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  14.29
146 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             14.48
147 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         14.54
148 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 14.56
149 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     15.00
150 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    15.06
151 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
152 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 15.13
153 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
154 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     15.19
155 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                15.27
156 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                    
157 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            15.32
158 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                   15.38
159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          
160 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               15.53
161 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   15.56
162 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           
163 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      16.01
164 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
165 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        16.07
DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          13.56.14
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 0.10
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           0.18
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                               0.24
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                    0.32
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                               0.40
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   0.50
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            0.54
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                      
11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        0.59
12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         1.05
14 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                    1.12
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        
16 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                1.18
17 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  1.24
18 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  
19 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          1.27
20 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                          1.33
21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    1.39
22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                   
23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      1.43
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         1.46
25 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
26 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                1.55
27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                2.01
28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  2.03
29 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     2.09
30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         2.40
31 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      2.51
32 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          2.52
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 3.05
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                     
35 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              3.11
36 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.14
37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            3.17
38 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          3.22
39 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
40 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   3.39
41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   3.48
42 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                      3.57
43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       4.11
44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     4.55
45 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 5.15
46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         6.23
47 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         7.14
48 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            7.17
49 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 8.01
50 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               8.07
51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                     8.14
52 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       8.20
53 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              8.26
54 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      10.04
55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     10.09
56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                 11.03
57 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          11.04
58 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             11.13
59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          11.14
60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                    11.26
61 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       11.33
62 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          11.43
63 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          11.57
64 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           11.59
65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  12.14
66 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    13.24
67 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                 13.27
68 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    13.44
69 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           14.12
70 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                             14.13
71 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       14.29
72 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       15.19
73 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          15.22
74 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               15.23
75 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 15.24
76 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                             
77 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
78 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    15.27
79 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                    15.37
80 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               15.43
81 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    16.08
82 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       16.09
83 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              16.22
84 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               16.30
85 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                        
86 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     18.21
87 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  
88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                     
90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                      
92 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               18.33
93 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                    
94 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             18.42
95 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                     18.45
96 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                                   
97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
98 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
99 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        
100 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                   18.50
102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             18.57
103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                      
104 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                         
105 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                     
106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                           19.02
107 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   19.04
108 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                   19.17
109 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                        
110 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                        
111 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                20.51
112 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          20.58
113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 21.08
114 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        21.14
115 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                     21.17
116 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        21.20
117 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    21.24
118 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
119 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                
120 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   21.30
121 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                              21.35
122 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           21.37
123 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              21.39
124 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                             21.43
126 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     21.52
127 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                              22.11
128 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             23.07
129 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    23.25
130 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                               23.36
131 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          24.11
132 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                   24.12
133 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     24.36
134 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               26.06
136 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                     26.08
137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          26.49
138 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                      26.56
139 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     27.04
140 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         27.08
141 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                   27.21
142 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                             27.33
143 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                    28.32
144 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  28.35
145 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                               
146 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  28.39
147 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     29.04
148 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
149 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                   29.44
150 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        30.17
151 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     31.06
152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                31.33
153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   31.57
154 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              32.07
155 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                  32.19
156 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      32.40
157 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         33.07
158 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            33.26
159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              35.11
160 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 36.53
161 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 37.10
162 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     37.16
163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     41.50
164 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               42.05
165 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      42.13
 
Points classification
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                   19 pts
2 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                16
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                      14
4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             12
5 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               12
6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                    12
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                 12
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                10
9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            8
10 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        8
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        8
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 7
13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                         7
14 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     6
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         6
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                         6
17 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           6
18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        5
19 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
20 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                            5
21 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          5
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                              4
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                       4
24 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                   4
25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                       3
27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               3
28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                  3
30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                    2
31 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                        2
32 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  2
33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                     1
34 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 1
35 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                    1
36 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  1
37 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                         1
38 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        1
39 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               10 pts
2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               7
3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     6
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                 5
5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         3
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                  3
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                    3
8 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                    2
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                  2
10 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                        1
11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           1
12 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                                  1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                           13.56.54
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 1.15
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1.21
4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                      1.29
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          6.34
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                        7.40
7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               7.46
8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                        9.24
9 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           11.03
10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    13.04
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    14.47
12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       15.29
13 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               15.50
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             17.41
15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               17.53
16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             18.02
17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   18.05
18 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
19 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 18.17
20 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    18.37
21 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         20.40
22 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                     20.44
23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
24 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    20.50
25 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               20.55
26 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              22.27
27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      23.56
28 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                      25.28
29 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      26.24
30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          26.28
31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              26.53
32 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                   27.55
33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          28.24
34 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         29.37
35 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      30.26
36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             32.46
 
Teams classification
 
1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                                41.51.24
2 High Road                                                                          1.36
3 Lampre                                                                             2.16
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   2.24
5 LPR Brakes                                                                         2.27
6 Liquigas                                                                           2.42
7 Barloworld                                                                         3.33
8 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                             4.53
9 Team CSC                                                                           7.46
10 Quick Step                                                                        7.56
11 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                                 11.12
12 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                                        12.31
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                                12.35
14 Française des Jeux                                                               15.54
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                              16.06
16 CSF Group Navigare                                                               17.44
17 Silence-Lotto                                                                    24.01
18 Gerolsteiner                                                                     24.31
19 Cofidis                                                                          24.54
20 Rabobank                                                                         28.34
21 Team Milram                                                                      50.00

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