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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC
Italy, March 12-18, 2008
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Stage 3 - March 14: Gubbio - Montelupone, 195 km
Joaquím Rodríguez howls on Montelupone
Axelsson takes over GC lead
By Gregor Brown
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Spanish Champion Joaquím Rodríguez took charge on the 20 percent gradients of Tirreno-Adriatico's Montelupone to win stage three and move into third overall. The 28 year-old of Caisse d'Epargne attacked near 200 metres remaining to distance LPR Brakes leader, Danilo Di Luca, who finished second at 12 seconds. Swede Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) rode strong and finished third to take the overall leadership from Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), who finished sixth.
Rodríguez, whose last win came in July with the Clasica de Ordizia, launched soon after Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) was captured. "I am really happy", explained Rodríguez after the finish in Montelupone. "Yesterday I already felt good but I missed the good breakaway. Today I knew that the stage was really a difficult one, most of all because of the final climb, with some passages at 20% where the speed was not faster than 6 kph.
"I attacked at 300 metres from the finish and I gave it all 'til the finish. I am really satisfied because this climb looked like the Mur de Huy, which is the final climb in the Flèche Wallonne, but harder! Considering the fact that this race, together with Liège-Bastogne-Liège, is one of the main objectives of my season, my victory today is really a good sign and also the proof that my preparation has been the right one 'til now."
The Caisse d'Epargne rider moved himself up higher in the general classification with his victory, but isn't confident that he can move up. "I am now the third overall, but because of the long time trial that is still to come, I don't think that I have a chance to win the general classification."
Still, the Spaniard showed he is ready for the upcoming Classics by putting 12 seconds into 'The Killer' Di Luca in the final 200 metres. The Italian was nonetheless satisfied with his form ahead of the Ardennes Classics.
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"It was a lot harder and longer than the Mur de Huy – terrible!" said Di Luca after finishing second. "I am happy to already be showing form at the Tirreno-Adriatico, it is an important sign for me."
"It was a very hard finish, they said 20 percent, but it felt like 27," said Gasparotto while wearing the leader's maglia azzurra that he soon after handed over to 35 year-old Axelsson. "Compliments to Niklas Axelsson, he did well. I am in second, and I will hope for a good time trial."
The day was marked by the two-man escape of José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale), which was reeled in before the first of two ascents of the 1.78-kilometre Montelupone.
Early in the day, Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) were involved in a crash. Italian Riccò stayed on the ground before remounting and finishing the stage near 15 minutes down.
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"The road was dirty and I crashed. Today was the day for me, I was feeling good, but... The season has started bad. I hope that later on I will have better luck," noted 'The Cobra' from Formigine (Modena).
How it unfolded
166 riders rolled out of Gubbio at 10:43 for the start of the third day of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico, a westward run into Italy's Le Marche region. Attacks went from the gun, and by kilometre 17 Alan Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Mickaël Delage (Française des Jeux) had worked free. Their advantage of 26 seconds was soon washed clear at kilometre 28.
Only three kilometres later, kilometre 31, the day's major escape was formed with Spaniard José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Frenchman Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale). By kilometre 43 they had 4'13" and at the Passo del Cornello GPM (km 49.7) they had 5'22".
The duo's gap rocketed up to eight minutes, but they were too need more as there were two passages of the wall, the 1.78-kilometre climb of Montelupone (the second being the finish).
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As tensions rose and the riders zoomed towards Montelupone, there was a crash at kilometre 160 with Riccò, Boonen, Freire and Joost Posthuma (Rabobank). The riders were all able to get back up and continue.
It was at the top of the first passage that the race was coming back together. Mondory struggled and remained in at the head of affairs over the top of the climb, topping out at 263m. He had 30" on a wobbling Garcia and 1'25 on the main chasers, led by race leader Gasparotto and Thomas Lövkvist (High Road).
A group containing World Champ Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) passed the Montelupone later on, many of the riders forced to dismount and walk up the steep gradients.
Serramenti and LPR Brakes were hammering at the front for Axelsson and Di Luca, respectively. Paolo Savoldelli, Jure Golcer and Daniele Pietropolli (all LPR Brakes), and Daniele Nardello and Alessandro Bertolini (both Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) where the notable workers making the pace.
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Their efforts thinned the group down, picked up the leading duo (at kilometre 178) and set up the race for the final run of Montelupone. In the lead group was race leader Gasparotto, George Hincapie (High Road) and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), among others.
The green wave of LPR rounded the right-hander first to start Montelupone, where Italian Champ Visconti fired at 1100m remaining. 200 metres later he had a five-second gap on a group that was waiting for the "horrible" finale. Fiery Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) led the chase to pick up Visconti, which led the launch of Rodríguez.
Many riders could not handle Montelupone's stiff gradients and were forced to walk the final 200 metres. Conditions were made worse when a race motorbike fell over, blocking many of the late arrivals. However, Frenchman and early escapee, Loyd Mondory, did ride his bike all the way home.
Photography
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- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) before his crash going into a right hand turn.
- Marco Bandiera (Lampre)
- Looking back on Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
- Smooth roads
- Barloworld and Quick Step lead.
- Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) rides with Tom Boonen (Quick Step).
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) shines.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) looks for a flatter stage.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) blurred.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Keeping an eye on the riders.
- Sun shines on CSF Group Navigare.
- Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) leads.
- Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) leads José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Team Barloworld on the front.
- Montelupone welcomes the riders.
- José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) gets a hand.
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Feed zone for a Slipstream rider.
- Frank Hoj (Cofidis) gets his feed.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) enjoys a snack.
- Maximiliano Richeze (CSF Group Navigare) takes his feed.
- The peloton rolls along.
- The road winds towards Montelupone.
- Crash involving Boonen, Freire and Riccò.
- Riders go down in a right-hander.
- The crash that involved Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
- CSF Group Navigare hammers leading to Montelupone.
- Patxi Vila (Lampre) keeps his bike going.
- Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) leads for his team-mate Niklas Axelsson.
- Racing along
- CSF Group Navigare leads for Emanuele Sella.
- Early escapee Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) after being caught and dropped.
- José Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) leads Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare).
- CSF Group Navigare leads through some green fields.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) gives it his all on the climb.
- Fast decent for the lead duo of Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) (l) and José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne).
- We are in Italy.
- New Race leader Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) had a good ride today.
- The peloton spreads across the road.
- Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) (2nd) being put into position for the finale.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) cranks the pace.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) in the points jersey (r).
- Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes) suffers.
- Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes) gives it his all.
- Spanish Champion Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne), 28, wins on top of Montelupone ahead of Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and moves into third overall.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) finishes second ahead of Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), the new overall leader of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Eventual stage winner Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) sees red (he is the Spanish Champion).
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) struggles on the 20% gradients.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) climbs in the mountains jersey to finish third for the stage and is now first overall.
- The Killer Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) on his green machine climbs to second for the stage.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) ahead of Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), who took the race overall.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) lost the race leadership but rode well today.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) had a gear problem at the foot of the final climb that led to him finishing further back.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads into the finish.
- Big Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) keeps on his pedals for the whole of the climb to finish 20th.
- Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff Credit Systems) finished 11th.
- Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) finished well today, 10th.
- Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) made waves today and finished ninth.
- Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) climbs.
- German Champ Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)
- Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step) looks cool no matter what he is doing.
- Timothy Duggan (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) shoulders his bike.
- Baden Cooke (Barloworld) faces a downed motorbike in the race finale.
- Downed television motorbike blocks Baden Cooke (Barloworld).
- Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) gets past the fallen motorbike.
- George Hincapie (High Road) is forced to put his foot down.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) swerves to keep upright after giving his all for team-mate Di Luca.
- Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) pushes it along.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) needs more than cheers for this climb.
- Luis Pasamontes (Caisse d'Epargne) has to dismount.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) at the finish.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld)
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- A Slipstream rider powers along.
- Tadej Valjavec (Ag2r-La Mondiale)
- Linus Gerdemann (High Road)
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) finishes.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step)
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) pushes it.
- Igor Astarloa (Team Milram)
- Belgian Champ Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) on the final climb.
- Riders walk the climb.
- A LPR rider goes down on the Montelupone.
- Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC) down and out following the climb.
- Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC) recovers.
- Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC) tired at the finish.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) at the finish.
- A scuffed Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) finishes.
- 'The Cobra' Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) finished 15 minutes down due to a crash.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) in pain.
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) awarded.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) awarded.
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) wins.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) interviewed.
Results
1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.44.59 (40.423 km/h) 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.12 3 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.17 6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.22 7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 0.26 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.31 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 13 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 15 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.37 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 0.44 18 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 21 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 0.50 22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 0.53 23 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.56 24 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.59 26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01 28 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.11 29 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.30 30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.38 31 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.40 32 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 1.45 33 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50 34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 2.04 37 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 2.09 38 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.12 39 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.15 42 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.20 43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.37 45 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 2.44 47 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.55 48 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 49 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.14 50 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 3.20 51 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.42 52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3.53 53 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 4.13 54 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.05 55 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 5.08 56 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.25 57 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.01 58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7.04 60 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 61 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 7.05 62 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 64 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 66 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7.12 68 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.18 70 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 71 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.24 72 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 73 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8.11 74 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.02 76 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 79 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 80 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 81 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.11 86 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 10.14 87 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 88 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 10.23 89 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.26 90 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 93 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 96 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 10.31 98 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 10.38 99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 102 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 10.43 103 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 104 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.45 105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10.55 106 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.58 107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 108 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 109 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 110 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 11.12 111 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 11.15 112 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.59 113 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 12.26 114 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 12.32 115 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.39 116 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 117 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 12.46 118 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 119 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 12.49 120 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 12.54 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 12.58 122 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 13.01 125 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 13.05 126 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 127 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.08 128 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 13.11 129 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 130 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 131 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 13.14 133 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 13.16 134 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 13.20 135 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 13.24 137 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 139 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 140 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 13.27 141 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.33 142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14.25 143 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 144 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 145 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 14.29 146 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 14.48 147 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14.54 148 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.56 149 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.00 150 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.06 151 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 152 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 15.13 153 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 154 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 15.19 155 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 15.27 156 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 157 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.32 158 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.38 159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 160 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.53 161 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.56 162 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 163 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.01 164 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 165 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 16.07 DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott General classification after stage 3 1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13.56.14 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.10 3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.24 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.32 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.40 7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.50 8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.54 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.59 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.05 14 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.12 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 16 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 1.18 17 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 18 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 19 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.27 20 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.33 21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.39 22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.43 24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.46 25 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.55 27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.01 28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.03 29 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.09 30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2.40 31 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 2.51 32 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.52 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 3.05 34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 35 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 3.11 36 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.14 37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.17 38 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.22 39 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 3.39 41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 3.48 42 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 3.57 43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.11 44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 4.55 45 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5.15 46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.23 47 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.14 48 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7.17 49 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.01 50 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.07 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 8.14 52 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8.20 53 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.26 54 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 10.04 55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.09 56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 11.03 57 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11.04 58 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11.13 59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 11.14 60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11.26 61 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11.33 62 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 11.43 63 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.57 64 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 11.59 65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 12.14 66 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.24 67 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 13.27 68 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.44 69 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14.12 70 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 14.13 71 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 14.29 72 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 15.19 73 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 15.22 74 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.23 75 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.24 76 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 77 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.27 79 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 15.37 80 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.43 81 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.08 82 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 16.09 83 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.22 84 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 16.30 85 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 86 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18.21 87 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 92 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 18.33 93 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 94 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 18.42 95 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 18.45 96 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 18.50 102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.57 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 104 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 105 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 19.02 107 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.04 108 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 19.17 109 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 110 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 111 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 20.51 112 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.58 113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 21.08 114 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 21.14 115 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 21.17 116 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 21.20 117 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 21.24 118 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 119 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 21.30 121 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 21.35 122 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 21.37 123 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21.39 124 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 21.43 126 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.52 127 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 22.11 128 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 23.07 129 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.25 130 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 23.36 131 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.11 132 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 24.12 133 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.36 134 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.06 136 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 26.08 137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.49 138 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 26.56 139 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 27.04 140 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.08 141 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 27.21 142 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 27.33 143 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 28.32 144 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.35 145 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 146 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 28.39 147 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.04 148 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 149 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.44 150 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 30.17 151 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 31.06 152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 31.33 153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31.57 154 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 32.07 155 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 32.19 156 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 32.40 157 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 33.07 158 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.26 159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 35.11 160 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 36.53 161 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 37.10 162 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 37.16 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 41.50 164 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.05 165 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 42.13 Points classification 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 19 pts 2 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 14 4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 5 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 12 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 10 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 7 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 14 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 17 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 19 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 20 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 21 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 24 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4 25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 2 31 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 32 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 2 33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 34 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 1 35 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 36 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 37 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1 38 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 39 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 10 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 3 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 3 8 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2 10 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 1 11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 12 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 13.56.54 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.15 3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.21 4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.29 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.34 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.40 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7.46 8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 9.24 9 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 11.03 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.04 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.47 12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.29 13 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 15.50 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.41 15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 17.53 16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 18.02 17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.05 18 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 18.17 20 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 18.37 21 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 20.40 22 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 20.44 23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 20.50 25 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 20.55 26 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 22.27 27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.56 28 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 25.28 29 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 26.24 30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.28 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 26.53 32 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 27.55 33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28.24 34 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 29.37 35 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 30.26 36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.46 Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41.51.24 2 High Road 1.36 3 Lampre 2.16 4 Caisse d'Epargne 2.24 5 LPR Brakes 2.27 6 Liquigas 2.42 7 Barloworld 3.33 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.53 9 Team CSC 7.46 10 Quick Step 7.56 11 Ag2r-La Mondiale 11.12 12 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 12.31 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.35 14 Française des Jeux 15.54 15 Saunier Duval-Scott 16.06 16 CSF Group Navigare 17.44 17 Silence-Lotto 24.01 18 Gerolsteiner 24.31 19 Cofidis 24.54 20 Rabobank 28.34 21 Team Milram 50.00
