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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC

Italy, March 12-18, 2008

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Stage 5 - March 16: Macerata - Recanati, 26 km

World Champ Cancellara does the double

USA's Zabriskie finishes second after holding provisional lead

By Gregor Brown in Recanati

World TT Champion Fabian Cancellara
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Time Trial World Champion Fabian Cancellara took the overall lead of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico by winning the 26-kilometre time trial to Recanati (Le Marche). The 26 year-old Swiss of Team CSC won with a time of 33'41", 22 seconds faster than USA's David Zabriskie (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) and, more importantly, 60 seconds over third-place Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), who is now second overall at 16 seconds. Pervious race leader, Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), finished 2'26" back and is now sixth overall.

"I am happy; it is what I wanted. Now, I have to defend it," said Cancellara before stepping onto the podium to take the race leader's maglia azzurra, which he hopes to hold until the race's finish on Tuesday, his birthday. "It would be a nice gift to myself and the team."

Zabriskie, who was one of the first starters of the day, set and held the best time up the final 6.6-kilometre ramp into Recanati – a time that Cancellara could not match. "I think that I lost some time because was an uphill finish, better for the climbers," the day's winner continued. "I think have been competitive at Tirreno."

Cancellara's form is targeted for the week of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, but he has shown that when the opportunity presents itself he is not afraid to have a go. He took the Tour of California prologue and he won RCS Sport's Monte Paschi Eroica last weekend, and looks likely to conquer the final overall in two days. "We are the start of the year, and the form is still coming on. Just like in Eroica, when there is a chance to battle for the win I will have a go."

Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) fought hard to win back the overall lead that he held after stage two. The 25 year-old Italian battled against the World Champion; he came only 23 seconds back at the Fontenoce time check (16'52" to Cancellara's 16'29" at km 16) and at the finish he was in fifth, at one minute. He did not win the race overall leadership, but showed to all that he has the form to be a threat in Milano-Sanremo (with team-mates Cooke and Hunter) and in the following one-day races.

The stage parcours in Italy's Le Marche region presented a twisty run on its 26 kilometres from Macerata to Recanati. After 200 metres of descending in the first 6.5 kilometres, there were 13 kilometres before the finale kicked in. With 6.6 kilometres to go the ramp to Recanati started: a gain of 200 metres and a stretch of 12 percent at one kilometre remaining.

The German from Munster, Linus Gerdemann (High Road), challenged for the stage win and the overall leadership; however, he crashed on his left side near the 12 percent stretch. The 25 year-old, wearer of the maillot jaune in the 2007 Tour de France, crossed the line with a time of 34'57" on his backup bike and then immediately sat on the ground. He suffered a blow to his back, left knee and hip, and was put on a stretcher for the Santa Lucia hospital in Recanati where a CAT scan was due to be preformed on his left knee.

Spirits were kept high for the team thanks to Thomas Lövkvist. He may not have taken the attention away from the general classification battle, but he finished third at 54 seconds out and bettered compatriot and national time trial champion, Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC) – seventh at 1'12".

Germany had a successful day even if Gerdemann was carried off on a stretcher. Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), who battled for the best young rider in the 2006 Tour, came home in fourth for the day and proved the country has some young and upcoming time trial riders.

Tirreno is the race were many riders are fine tuning their form for the upcoming one-day Classics, including Milano-Sanremo on Saturday. "It was a test for the other races, I am preparing for Sanremo and Roubaix with this race," confirmed Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), who finished 16th. "There was a lot of wind, and I did suffer a little bit on the [finishing] hill."

Likewise, Australian Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) confirmed his form is coming along for the Northern Classics. "I am cruising along. I am felling better day by day as the race goes on," he said. "Normally, I am never super at this race, I think I will be good at Sanremo, but I think I will be better in a few weeks."

22 year-old Russian Mikhail Ignatiev held the provisional best time until Zabriskie knocked the top-contenders out. The Tinkoff Credit Systems rider rode a 34'49", which event earned him sixth for the day and will signal him out as a danger man in the closing kilometres of Sanremo.

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                  33.41 (46.313 km/h)
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         0.22
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                               0.54
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   0.57
5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 1.00
6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      1.08
7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                 1.12
8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                               1.16
9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   1.20
11 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                   1.21
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                1.25
13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  1.26
14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.31
15 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        1.33
16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                        
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    1.36
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                 1.38
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         1.42
20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           1.53
21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  1.59
22 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     2.00
23 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                   
24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                     2.01
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                           2.05
26 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                
27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           2.08
28 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     2.17
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              2.23
30 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli             2.26
31 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                     2.29
32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  2.30
33 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        2.31
34 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            2.32
35 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                           
36 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           2.34
37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                  2.39
38 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    2.42
39 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                         
40 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          2.43
41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 2.44
42 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     2.45
43 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      2.46
44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                     2.49
45 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
46 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         2.54
47 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                       2.56
48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   2.57
49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                   2.59
50 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         3.00
51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                          3.01
52 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                    3.02
53 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.04
54 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        3.05
55 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
56 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                  3.06
57 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     3.07
58 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           3.10
59 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                                   
60 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          3.12
61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
62 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                3.15
63 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              3.17
64 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                          3.21
65 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          3.24
66 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       3.25
67 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           3.29
68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            3.32
69 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         3.33
70 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   3.38
71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                3.39
72 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3.40
73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       3.42
74 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  
75 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            3.47
76 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         3.48
77 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            3.50
78 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                     3.51
79 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                3.52
80 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                          3.53
81 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                          
82 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                3.54
83 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         3.56
84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                       
85 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                               3.57
86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
87 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       3.58
88 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                      
89 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                4.01
90 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  
91 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                          
92 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     4.02
93 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                 4.03
94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                       
95 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                 
97 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           4.04
98 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                  4.05
99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                     4.06
100 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                      
101 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                       4.08
102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      
103 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                     4.11
104 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         4.13
105 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     4.14
106 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  
107 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                    4.15
108 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                   4.16
109 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            4.17
110 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      4.18
111 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        4.26
112 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               4.27
113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                       4.31
114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                4.33
115 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
116 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
117 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                      4.38
118 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          4.39
119 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    4.40
120 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                4.44
121 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     4.51
122 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       4.53
123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                              4.54
124 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                               4.59
125 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    5.00
126 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             5.01
127 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
128 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    5.03
129 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                                 
130 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       5.05
131 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           5.09
132 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    5.11
133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
134 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        5.12
135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                               5.16
136 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      5.17
137 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               5.19
138 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      5.20
139 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                    5.23
140 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
141 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             5.24
142 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            5.25
143 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              5.32
144 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
145 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                               
146 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      5.33
147 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                    5.34
148 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 5.36
149 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    5.40
150 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                5.46
151 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           5.47
152 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                         
153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   5.49
154 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              5.57
155 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                6.03
156 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                    6.06
157 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     6.17
158 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             6.19
159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                               6.29
160 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                   6.43
161 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                     6.46
162 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                   6.50
163 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         6.59
164 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               7.33
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                               18.30.47
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 0.16
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                               0.40
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                               0.46
5 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   0.53
6 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              1.32
7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                 1.36
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     1.50
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                     1.51
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           1.53
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
12 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          2.07
13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                2.26
14 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           2.34
15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  2.35
17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
18 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               2.45
19 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  3.00
20 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.09
21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    3.27
22 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.53
23 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                3.56
24 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             3.57
25 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
26 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                          4.00
27 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              4.12
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   4.25
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              4.40
30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         4.46
31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 4.55
32 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          5.10
33 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     5.30
34 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            6.06
35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     6.12
36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                 6.44
37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         7.17
38 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                      7.18
39 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 9.19
40 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   9.20
41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         9.53
42 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                     10.13
43 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             10.49
44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                      11.02
45 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              11.13
46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                    11.50
47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                12.50
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          13.08
49 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     13.18
50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          13.32
51 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  13.45
52 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          14.14
53 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     14.48
54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         15.11
55 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  15.16
56 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      15.32
57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             15.34
58 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 16.29
59 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          16.36
60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        16.59
61 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                 17.02
62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    17.53
63 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           18.43
64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               18.50
65 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        19.10
66 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    19.13
67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  19.30
68 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        19.42
69 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           19.52
70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    20.00
71 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                    20.01
72 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    20.10
73 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                 20.30
74 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                   20.31
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                 20.33
76 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                             20.51
77 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                              21.01
78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                21.34
79 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       21.39
80 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     21.41
81 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    21.47
82 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       21.48
83 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          22.00
84 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               22.06
85 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      22.09
86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  22.10
87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              22.17
88 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    
89 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    22.29
90 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                               22.38
91 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     23.08
92 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        23.14
93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            
94 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                      23.19
95 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    23.21
96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                  23.27
97 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           23.32
98 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            23.33
99 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               23.35
100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            23.46
101 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             23.54
102 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                23.55
103 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                24.18
104 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 
105 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                   24.21
106 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                    24.31
107 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                              24.33
108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           24.36
109 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                      24.38
110 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     24.40
111 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           25.01
112 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    25.17
113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                             25.43
114 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        25.50
115 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                   26.00
116 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      26.02
117 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              26.33
118 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                               26.39
119 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        26.48
120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                              26.59
121 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              27.08
122 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                     27.57
123 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   28.45
124 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            28.46
125 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                   28.50
126 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   29.30
127 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          29.33
128 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    29.45
129 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   30.13
130 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     30.28
131 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                      30.33
132 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  31.16
133 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     31.31
134 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          31.36
135 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         31.53
136 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                             33.05
137 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          33.13
138 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  33.16
139 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  33.38
140 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                    34.00
141 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  34.31
142 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             35.27
143 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          35.42
144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     36.12
145 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                   36.53
146 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      38.23
147 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                38.31
148 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               38.57
149 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                   40.15
150 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         40.53
151 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   41.52
152 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     43.15
153 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     43.29
154 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        44.04
155 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         44.34
156 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 45.02
157 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            46.26
158 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              46.28
159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                  46.38
160 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 48.01
161 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              48.28
162 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      48.53
163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     53.24
164 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               54.39
 
Points classification
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                   29 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                22
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                    22
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                16
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                 15
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 15
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                      14
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        14
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                     13
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    13
11 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            12
12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              12
13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                      12
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                  11
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      10
16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       10
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          10
18 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           8
19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        8
20 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                         7
21 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 6
22 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                         6
23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         6
24 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           6
25 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                            5
27 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      5
28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 5
29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          5
30 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                   4
31 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                              4
32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                       3
33 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
35 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               3
36 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                   3
37 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                  3
38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                    2
39 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                        2
40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                      2
41 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 2
42 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  2
43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                      1
44 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               1
45 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                    1
46 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  1
47 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                          1
48 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                         1
49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        1
50 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1
51 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               11 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 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        5
6 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  5
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                    5
8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                  4
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                      3
10 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      3
11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 2
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       2
14 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2
15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                        1
16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           1
17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                                  1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                           18.31.27
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 1.46
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                 3.16
4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                      4.50
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          9.13
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              10.09
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       10.22
8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                     17.13
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     18.33
10 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          21.20
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               21.26
12 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      21.29
13 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        22.34
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             23.06
15 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 23.38
16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  
17 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               23.53
18 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       25.22
19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               25.53
20 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         26.08
21 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                      27.17
22 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    28.05
23 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    28.10
24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    28.50
25 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                     29.05
26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      29.48
27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   30.36
28 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      30.51
29 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          31.13
30 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              32.25
31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                   33.51
32 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              34.47
33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          40.13
34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      42.35
35 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         43.24
36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             45.46
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team High Road                                                                 55.37.45
2 Liquigas                                                                           1.36
3 Lampre                                                                             2.55
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   3.06
5 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                                    4.14
6 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                             4.27
7 LPR Brakes                                                                         5.59
8 Team CSC                                                                           6.16
9 Quick Step                                                                         7.17
10 Barloworld                                                                        8.26
11 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                                             12.11
12 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                                 13.01
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                              17.36
14 Française Des Jeux                                                               19.01
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                              21.10
16 CSF Group Navigare                                                               22.26
17 Silence-Lotto                                                                    26.54
18 Gerolsteiner                                                                     27.51
19 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                                 28.45
20 Rabobank                                                                         31.30
21 Team Milram                                                                      57.10