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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC
Italy, March 12-18, 2008
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Stage 1 - March 12: Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 160 km
Freire fires a warning shot with stage win
By Bjorn Haake
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In a nail-biting finish Oscar Freire (Rabobank) narrowly beat Italian favourite Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram). The Spaniard finished off a long sprint and, while fading at the end, held off Petacchi. The winner of the same stage last year, Robbie McEwen, tried the same tactic as in 2007, taking off early and trying to gap the peloton in the twisting finale. However, the Australian was not allowed too much leeway this time and eventually finished eighth.
Freire had said before the start that he wasn't sure about his condition yet, but "if I am there in the end, I will also go for it." The Spaniard has given the best answer on the development of his form ahead of Milano-Sanremo.
Petacchi declared after the race, "We knew it would be difficult to manage this finale and the nervousness in the group was high in the last kilometres. I was at risk of going down about one kilometre from the finish, and Zabel only managed to position himself in front of me at the very end. McEwen did another great showing, getting out of the last turn with a few metres on Zabel, Freire and me. Oscar managed to start the sprint a few seconds before me, because I was still in the turn, while he had already straightened his bike. There were only 180m left and catching Freire is not easy,"
The long escape of the day was carried out by Russian Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Ukrainian Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r-La Mondiale), who rode ahead of the peloton for more than 110 kilometres. But their effort fell short, and they were brought back just four kilometres from the line.
How it unfolded
The riders set out under sunny skies and temperatures of around 15 degrees Celsius shortly before noon from Civitavecchia.
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Ignatiev was the first to succeed with a breakaway attempt at kilometre 38. He was joined by Krivtsov eight kilometres later. The duo pedaled ahead of the peloton, splitting the sprint in Santa Marinella at kilometre 55.9 (Ignatiev before Krivtsov) and the first GPM in Tolfa, at 495m of altitude and 84.7 kilometres into the race (Krivtsov before Ignatiev).
Their advantage grew to a maximum of 7'45" at kilometre 108. Then the gap consistently got smaller under the impact of the many sprinters' teams available to foil a solo or duo win. With less than 25 kilometres to go the two up front had less than three minutes. Ignatiev tried a couple of times to shake his riding partner and continue solo, knowing his time trialing abilities. However, the Ukrainian Krivtsov had good legs, too, and was able to counter every time. Eventually they continued trading turns again at the front.
But the gap came down rapidly now, and when the two went through the finish area for the first time with another three laps or 12 kilometres to go, the advantage was under the one-minute mark.
In the twisting roads of Civitavecchia, there was a brief split in the peloton with less than ten kilometres to race, putting only about 30 riders at the front. But by the time the bell for the last lap was rung, the peloton was together both at the front and at the end. The Eastern European escape duo had been caught right on the line with four kilometres to go, while the large group left behind, containing Paolo Bettini all the way at the very end, had also made the junction again, leaving it open for a bunch sprint. The sprinters were getting ready, ending the day with remarkable skill to manoeuvre around the tight course without crashing.
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- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) realises he has won the first stage of the 2008 Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Freire celebrates his victory which was a hard-fought duel against Italian Alessandro Petacchi.
- The tiger jump of Petacchi was not enough to beat Freire.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates his victory with Rojas (behind on the right) in third.
- The Milram train was there but had a few gaps at the end, due to the nervous finale.
- Paolo Bettini had nothing to do with the outcome today and pedaled in behind the peloton.
- Freire showed just how good he can be anytime there is a sprint.
- Freire enjoys the kisses on the podium as he received the blue jersey.
- The Spaniard waves to the crowd as he steps onto the podium.
- A blue Freire is happy but his cap looks a little too large.
- McEwen couldn't quite pull off the stunt he did in 2007, taking off in the twisting finale. He finished eighth.
- Andy Schleck (CSC) is followed by Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step).
- Baden Cooke looks like he just raced and he certainly did, finishing fifth.
- Danilo Di Luca made it to the start line in a last-ditch effort, with CONI still having some questions about his positive in last year's Giro.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) explains how it just didn't work out against the pure sprinters today.
- Freire lifts his arms as he beat Petacchi and Rojas.
- George Hincapie (High Road) getting back to racing after taking a bit of a break.
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) was in the break but couldn't quite stay away.
- An angry tifosi wanted to take out the riders but a Carabinieri prevented it.
- Paolo Bettini and Raffaele Illiano ride tranquilo in the earlier part of the race
- The peloton passing Tarquinia.
- The peloton tries to fit through a hole in the wall.
- Caisse d'Epargne riders chatting.
- The peloton riding past the scenic piazza in Tarquinia.
- Milram put the hammer down.
- Petacchi couldn't prevent Freire from winning.
- Freire looks over to check on his rivals.
- The sprint in full swing.
- Gianni Bugno getting ready for a helicopter flight for Italian TV.
- Francesco Tomei (CSF Group Navigare) during the race.
- Ballan holds on to Bettini's bike and the World Champ pretends as he hadn't noticed.
- Freire (l) and Petacchi fight it out.
- Bugno in front of the RAI helicopter.
- George Hincapie (High Road) is back in the action and getting ready for the spring classics.
- Francesco Ginanni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) hangs on for some advise.
- Oscar Gatto (Gerolsteiner) is concentrating in the bunch.
- Gerolsteiner is trying to set up a train but the German railway is on strike these days!
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) is using Tirreno to get in shape for the classics.
- Petacchi was at the front end towards the end but not quite at the very front, where he wanted to be.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) rides along on stage 1.
- Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) found the temperatures OK despite knowing that it is warmer in his native Brazil right now.
- Gasparotto is drafting to save energy.
- Gerdemann and Hincapie (l)
- Ale-Jet was doing well but it was hard to get around a superb Freire.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) is back in the race action.
- The Italian will still have to have some meetings and some explaining to do with CONI and CAS.
- The Milram train in full swing.
- Petacchi knows how to place himself well in the bunch.
- Pozzato with trademark tattoo.
- Patrick Calcagni (Barloworld) rides along the final, twisty part.
- Marco Bandiera (Lampre) in the peloton.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) also uses the race as preparation for the upcoming classics.
- Eros Capecchi (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) looking good.
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare)
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) takes a left turn in the finale.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) safely in the pack.
- Pozzato surrounded by team-mates.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
- Axelsson and team-mates getting back into the peloton.
- Axelsson the Swede is gritting his teeth.
- Liquigas single-filed.
- Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas)in front.
- Pozzato at the scenic part of the route.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) pedals near the gutter.
- Look ma, no hands!
- Tinkoff promised to try even harder than last year to get a stage win.
- Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare)
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) also races in Italy.
- Zabriskie will be looking to be more of a team leader as was the case with CSC.
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner)
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) is a valuable domestique, but can win races, too.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.10.01 (38.397 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 13 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 14 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 15 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 20 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 21 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 22 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 24 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 27 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 30 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 32 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 33 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 34 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 37 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 39 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 40 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 42 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 43 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 44 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quickstep 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 46 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 48 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 50 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 51 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 53 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 57 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 58 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 61 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 62 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 64 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 70 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 73 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 75 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 76 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 77 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 81 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 82 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 85 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 86 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 90 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 91 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 92 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 94 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 95 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 96 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep 100 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 102 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 103 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 104 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 105 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 106 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 107 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 110 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 111 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 112 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 113 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 114 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 115 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep 118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 119 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 120 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 121 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 124 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 125 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 127 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 128 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 130 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep 131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 135 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.28 137 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.47 138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.50 139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.51 140 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 141 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 143 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 144 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 146 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 149 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 150 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 151 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 152 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 153 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 154 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 155 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 156 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 157 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 160 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 161 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 162 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 163 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 164 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10.06 166 Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 167 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 168 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone General classification after stage 1 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.09.51 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.04 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.06 4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.07 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 0.08 6 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.09 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.10 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 18 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 23 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 24 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 25 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 30 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 33 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 35 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 36 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 37 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 38 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 39 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 42 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep 43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 44 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 45 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quickstep 47 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 48 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 49 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 50 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 52 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 53 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 60 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 62 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 63 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 64 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 65 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 66 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 67 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 70 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 74 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 76 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 77 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 78 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 82 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 83 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 86 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 87 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 88 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 89 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 91 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 92 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 93 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 94 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 96 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep 100 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 102 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 103 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 104 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 105 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 106 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 107 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 110 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 111 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 112 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 113 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 114 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 115 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep 118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 119 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 120 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 121 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 124 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 125 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 127 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 128 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 130 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep 131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 135 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.38 137 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.57 138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.00 139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6.01 140 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 141 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 143 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 144 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 146 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 149 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 150 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 151 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 152 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 153 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 154 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 155 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 156 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 157 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 160 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 161 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 162 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 163 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 164 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10.16 166 Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 167 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 168 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Points classification 1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 12 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 13 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 14 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 3 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1 Young rider classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.09.57 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.01 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 0.04 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 10 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 11 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 12 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 17 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 18 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 20 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 21 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 22 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 26 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 28 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 29 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.55 30 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 32 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 33 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 34 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 36 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner
