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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC

Italy, March 12-18, 2008

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Stage 6 - March 17: Civitanova Marche - Castelfidardo, 196 km

Freire takes Tirreno's Castelfidardo power climb

Cancellara's GC lead proves untouchable

By Gregor Brown in Castelfidardo

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) is showing good form ahead of Milano-Sanremo
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Spaniard Oscar Freire took his second season win on Tirreno-Adriatico's power climb to Castelfidardo, nipping past Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes). The Liquigas and LPR teams had worked hard to position their leaders for the finale up the four-kilometre climb, but it was the 32 year-old three-time World Champion who ruled the hilltop town of accordion builders.

Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) made a bid for the stage win and Fabian Cancellara's overall lead mid-way up the climb, but the CSC rider matched the Italian pedal for pedal stroke to stuff the move. Cancellara, with a 16-second lead over Gasparotto, looks likely to keep the race lead when the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico concludes tomorrow with a sprinters' stage in San Benedetto del Tronto.

The race was formed by an early escape, but it was closed down by the fifth and last climb up Castelfidardo. Freire managed the climb's 4.5-percent gradient and an attack by Gasparotto to take the sprint from an elite group. "If you win here it means you are going strong," Freire said, referring to Saturday's Milano-Sanremo, where he has won twice.

"I think that the new finale won't change the race much. This year, the race will be changed by the riders, there are a lot of on-form, attacking riders. I think that it will be diverse for us [sprinters] at Sanremo. I also think that Cancellara can do it all, even win in the sprint."

It was 'Spartacus' Cancellara who rose to the occasion 24 hours after his time trial win to take the leader's maglia azzurra. After matching the attack from Gasparotto, he upped the pace before sitting in on the sprint finale.

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) dfended well against the attacks of Gasparotto
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"The team worked completely for me to defend the jersey," said the 26 year-old Swiss. "Gasparotto did what he could to win, and I stuck with him. Freire showed he is going strong. After tomorrow, I will know more about Sanremo. Given today, I know that I can handle some attacks, like the one of Gasparotto. Overall, it is important to take this jersey home."

Pozzato kept his cards close to his chest while Gasparotto and Cancellara's candles flickered out. He followed on Di Luca's move through the last right hand curve; 'Pippo' was powerful, but not enough to hold off Freire who made the finale. 'Pippo' passed the Tirreno test and looks good to try for a repeat win in Sanremo. "I am going strong but so is everyone else," he confessed. "Petacchi is going, Gasparotto is going, Cancellara is going, Freire is going... Freire is one of the most astute sprinters in the finale. We will see in Sanremo."

Di Luca gained confidence from his week in Tirreno. "I tried, but unfortunately I got third place," 'The Killer' noted. "However, I am content. Maybe I started it too far out and, justifiably so, I was passed by Pozzato and then Freire." The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) permitting, he can use his form to take on the Ardennes Classics in April. "It is a good test for Belgium. I am already at eighty percent here in Tirreno, and to have a second and third place is not bad."

"As they say 'It is better to try, than not to try,'" Gasparotto confirmed of his move to dislodge Cancellara from the race lead. "I tried to win Tirreno, and not the stage, but Fabian was stronger than I. There was no question of cooperation because I would have taken ten seconds for the stage win. For Fabian, it was better that the group caught us."

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) made the final winning move of 31 riders and has likely earned an air ticket to Belgium. "The finale was very hard. We had the standard break, but when you have do this thing [Castelfidardo - ed.] five times you know how it is going to be at the end," confirmed the 27 year-old. "I have been going hard since the beginning of February, so to make it through Tirreno was definitely an objective. I proved I can ride in the front with these guys. I will have some rest and have a crack at the Ardennes."

How it unfolded

Di Luca was strong and is looking to do well in the Belgian classics soon
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163 riders departed at 11:05 this morning from the Adriatico seaside town of Civitanova Marche under sunny and windy conditions. The peloton stretched out immediately under attacks and counterattacks.

Gerald Ciolek (High Road) and Igor Astarloa (Team Milram) were involved in a small crash, but were able to rejoin the others before the first successful break went. Renaud Dion (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne), Tristan Valentin (Cofidis), Luis Felipe Laverde (CSF Group Navigare), Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), William Frischkorn (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) and Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems) flew free at kilometre 25.

Freire and Di Luca battle it out. The Spaniard won while the Italian had to settle for third, behind compatriot Pozzato
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The group's advantage shot up to two minutes by kilometre 32, and it hit five minutes by kilometre 62. This was the move of the day and one that would eventually need to be controlled by the teams of the favourites if they were to have a chance. A minor fall by Dion at kilometre 76 signalled the fall of the time gap. The Frenchman rejoined the escape, which had a maximum advantage of 6'22" at kilometre 118, but the work of CSC and then LPR and Liquigas brought the move closer to an end as Castelfidardo peaked on the horizon.

The first rise into the hilltop town gave the riders a taste of what they were in for in the closing four circuits. Bertolini opened the attacks on the third rise of Castelfidardo. Tjallingii also gave it a go in the following circuit, but it was Pablo Lastras' move in the final circuit that presented the last chance for the escapees. Kiryienka and Bertolini joined the Spaniard with three kilometres remaining, but the gruppo was tightening the screws.

Luis Felipe Laverde (CSF Group Navigare) chased behind the trio at 10 seconds. He was caught by the Liquigas and LPR led gruppo, where Daniele Pietropolli and Paolo Savoldelli pushed the rhythm for 'The Killer.' Gasparotto fired his missile at 1300 metres remaining. The Italian, clad in the maglia ciclamino of points leader, was solo before Cancellara closed the door to protect his GC lead. Di Luca led through the last curve and 'Pippo' Pozzato was able to come around, but on the back of the two Italians was Oscar the Cat. The Spaniard used the last 25 metres to take victory and put his name at the top of the list of Sanremo favourites.

Photography

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Results

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                              4.46.44 (41,013 km/h)
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                         
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                        
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                   
7 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                                
8 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         
9 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                  
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      
11 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
12 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                   
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                      
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
17 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                    
18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                    
19 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                        
21 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                                  
22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
24 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                              
25 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                             
26 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                               
27 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            
28 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     
30 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                
31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            
32 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     0.13
33 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            
34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
35 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            0.17
36 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                  0.24
37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
38 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                             
39 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    
40 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                         
41 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        0.36
42 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                      
43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                      0.42
44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
45 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             
47 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
48 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                      
49 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                                   
50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
51 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                       
52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                               
53 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
54 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                        
55 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                           
56 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                 
57 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  
58 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            1.11
59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
60 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
61 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                     
62 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           1.13
63 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                       
65 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              
66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
67 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          1.19
68 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      1.29
69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   1.32
70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     1.41
71 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           1.45
72 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                    
73 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                         
74 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                      
75 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
76 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                       
77 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     1.52
78 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                             2.08
79 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                              
80 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              2.17
82 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                              2.21
83 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                        2.37
84 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                
85 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
86 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                            2.41
87 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                     2.46
88 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        2.53
89 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                               2.55
90 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                     2.59
91 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                3.09
92 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                       
93 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                          
94 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                                
95 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
96 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                     
97 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                     
98 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                      
99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                      
100 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                     
101 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                          
102 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                   
103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      
104 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
105 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
106 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                         
107 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               
108 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
109 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 
110 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                              
111 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                               3.17
113 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        
114 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                    
115 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
116 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
117 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      3.36
118 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  3.44
119 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     4.07
120 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
121 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
122 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               4.37
123 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        
124 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
125 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
126 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           5.03
127 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               5.30
128 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
129 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                       6.06
130 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                          
131 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                        
132 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                         
133 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       6.51
134 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                      6.59
135 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                        
136 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                    8.37
137 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
138 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                        
139 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
140 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                         
141 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          
142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                             11.42
143 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
144 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
146 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      13.58
147 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
148 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                   
149 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                             
150 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                       
151 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                             
152 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                       
153 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    
154 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  
155 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                        
156 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                         
157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                       
158 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
159 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                            
160 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
161 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          
162 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
163 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                        
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                               23.17.31
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 0.16
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                               0.40
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   0.53
5 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              1.32
6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                 1.36
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     1.44
8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                     1.51
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            1.53
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                2.26
12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   2.31
13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           2.34
14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
15 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               2.45
16 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  3.00
17 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.09
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  3.11
19 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    3.27
20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.53
21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                3.56
22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          3.57
23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                          4.00
24 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              4.40
25 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              4.54
26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   5.07
27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            6.06
28 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          6.14
29 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          6.29
30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     6.36
31 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             7.14
32 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     7.22
33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         7.41
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                 7.55
35 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 8.04
36 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        10.17
37 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             10.49
38 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                     11.42
39 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  12.29
40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                12.36
41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                12.50
42 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     13.31
43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          13.50
44 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          14.14
45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
46 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              14.22
47 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                     15.55
48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             16.16
49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         16.24
50 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  16.52
51 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  17.01
52 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          17.18
53 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        17.41
54 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                      18.01
55 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 18.14
56 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        18.44
57 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                    18.49
58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               18.50
59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     18.55
60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      19.07
61 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        19.10
62 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    19.26
63 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           20.09
64 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                 20.11
65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        20.24
66 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                 20.54
67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  21.02
68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                   21.13
69 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                 21.15
70 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           21.20
71 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    21.36
72 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                              21.43
73 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              22.17
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     22.23
75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               22.41
76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                    23.00
77 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       23.01
78 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                             23.12
79 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    24.14
80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                               24.23
81 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    24.33
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                  24.40
83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                24.43
84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               24.46
85 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    24.47
86 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       24.51
87 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             24.57
88 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          25.09
89 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                            25.18
90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  25.19
91 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            25.41
92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       26.07
93 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     26.17
94 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                      26.28
95 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                26.29
96 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    26.30
97 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       26.38
98 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           26.41
99 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            26.46
100 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                27.04
101 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       27.21
102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                27.27
103 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 
104 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        27.55
105 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                     28.15
106 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    28.26
107 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      28.30
108 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                     28.39
109 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                              29.10
110 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     29.17
111 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                              30.16
112 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              30.17
113 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                    30.37
114 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          30.44
115 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            31.02
116 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                   31.51
117 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              32.03
118 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                   32.07
119 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
120 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     32.13
121 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   32.21
122 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                   32.58
123 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         33.38
124 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  34.33
125 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             35.36
126 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          35.54
127 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                              36.04
128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                      36.39
129 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               
130 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                    37.09
131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                             37.25
132 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             38.22
133 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          38.51
134 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     39.05
135 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                   39.58
136 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   40.27
137 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        40.46
138 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      41.00
139 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         42.06
140 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               43.34
141 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    43.43
142 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     44.42
143 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                   45.30
144 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                   46.21
145 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                             47.03
146 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  47.14
147 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  47.36
148 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     47.54
149 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  48.29
150 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     48.45
151 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 48.46
152 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 51.10
153 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              51.37
154 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                52.29
155 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         53.11
156 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            55.03
157 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   55.50
158 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        58.02
159 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                            1.00.26
160 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                1.00.36
161 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    1.02.51
162 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   1.07.22
163 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             1.08.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                    34 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                   29
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                22
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                       22
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                      22
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 20
7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                18
8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     14
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        14
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                    13
11 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            12
12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              12
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                  11
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      10
15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       10
16 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          10
17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              9
18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        8
19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           8
20 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        8
21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                              8
22 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      8
23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                   7
24 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                         7
25 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 7
26 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 6
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                         6
28 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         6
29 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           6
30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                             5
31 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
32 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                            5
33 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          5
34 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                   4
35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                       3
36 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       3
37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
38 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               3
39 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                   3
40 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                  3
41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                    2
42 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          2
43 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                      2
44 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 2
45 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                        2
46 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                           2
47 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  2
48 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                      1
49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               1
50 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             1
51 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                    1
52 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  1
53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                          1
54 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                         1
55 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1
56 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        1
 
Mountans classification
 
1 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      13 pts
2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               11
3 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 11
4 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               7
5 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     6
6 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                 5
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        5
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                    5
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           4
10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                     3
12 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 2
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       2
15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                        1
16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           1
17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                                  1
18 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                        1
19 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                                 1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                           23.18.11
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 1.46
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                 3.16
4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                      6.42
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          9.37
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              10.09
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       17.21
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     18.46
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              24.17
10 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          24.29
11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       25.58
12 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        26.41
13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 26.47
14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  
15 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      27.35
16 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                      27.59
17 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               28.30
18 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    31.11
19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               31.23
20 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    31.27
21 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
22 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      31.33
23 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          32.58
24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   33.53
25 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               35.24
26 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              37.42
27 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      38.25
28 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    39.47
29 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         40.06
30 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          41.26
31 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                     43.03
32 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              46.23
33 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                   47.49
34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      48.05
35 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             54.23
36 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         57.22
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team High Road                                                                 69.58.21
2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                                    2.44
3 Liquigas                                                                           3.20
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   3.37
5 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                             5.16
6 Team CSC                                                                           6.34
7 Quick Step                                                                         7.59
8 Lampre                                                                             8.37
9 LPR Brakes                                                                         9.26
10 Barloworld                                                                       10.42
11 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                                 13.43
12 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                                             16.36
13 Française Des Jeux                                                               19.19
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                              20.34
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                              21.46
16 CSF Group Navigare                                                               24.36
17 Silence-Lotto                                                                    27.36
18 Gerolsteiner                                                                     28.38
19 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                                 30.14
20 Rabobank                                                                         31.48
21 Team Milram                                                                      58.10

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