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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC
Italy, March 12-18, 2008
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Stage 4 - March 15: Porto Recanati - Civitanova Marche, 166 km
'Ale-Jet' Petacchi hits back
Good showing by Milram sprinter with Sanremo on horizon
By Gregor Brown
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Beaten three days ago in the opening stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, 'Ale-Jet' Alessandro Petacchi hit back in stage four by beating Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) in Civitanova Marche. The 34 year-old Italian of Team Milram showed his form is on target for Milano-Sanremo, March 22, when he resisted a surge by Spaniard Freire at the end of the 166-kilometre day. Swede Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) kept in contact with the head group to retain the leader's maglia azzurra he claimed yesterday on Montelupone.
"I think that the team did a great bit of work," said an exhausted Petacchi after the win. "That last rise [GPM Corva, -8.7km - ed.] was demanding and I knew I needed the team. I had to fend off Freire who was stuck to my wheel. I went a little long, but I was able to pull it off. Thanks to my wife and [soon to be born] baby."
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Team Milram worked hard to ensure its captain ruled in the seaside resort town. It was hit with and successfully defended against an attack by Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) at eight kilometres to go, which drew along favourites Freire, Pozzato, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC), World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and race leader Axelsson.
After a surge by Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), German Erik Zabel took control at 450 metres to go with his leader, Petacchi, in tow. It was a long lead-out and a good test for Sanremo, in one week's time. Zooming down the right hand side of the road, Petacchi came off the left of Zabel's wheel at 200 metres. The Italian from La Spezia held of Freire, who started just a little too late.
"We are near a great race [Sanremo - ed.] and it is clear that everyone wants to see how I am doing. Second the other day and winning today is good for the morale. I have always been up there in the last years at Sanremo," Petacchi added regarding La Classicissima.
'Pippo' Pozzato held with Petacchi and Freire – two riders who have a faster sprint – to finish with an impressive third. "I am happy with my condition, and the only thing that I missed is the win. If I win at Sanremo then all will be great," noted the rider from Veneto.
How it unfolded
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After the battering of yesterday's Montelupone, 164 riders rolled out of Porto Recanati hoping for an easier day. At least with the parcours – the last 4.75 kilometres flat – it would be ridable, whereas yesterday many were forced to walk the final metres.
Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), who was involved in yesterday's crash with Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott), did not start.
There were many attempts at freedom, particularly from the USA-team, Slipstream, and after the first hour of racing, there was a successful move. Renaud Dion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) broke free at kilometre 41, and they were joined by Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) some kilometres later. The trio had 2'15" at kilometre 47, and by the GPM of Petritoli (km 58.4) the gap was at 3'00" to the gruppo, led by yesterday's escapee, Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale).
Oroz got back to his buddies after a flat tire, and they were now holding a gap of 4'35" at kilometre 77 in Belmonte Piceno. However, from this point on the gap started to fall. The undulating roads were taking their toll on the leaders, and on the stretch leading to Innesto it was only Oroz and Krauss in the lead with 20 seconds on the group, which had seen an active Martyn Maaskant (Slipstream Chipotle - H30).
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Heading towards the Corva GPM, the escape was washed away and a group of favourites were leading the affairs. Andrea Tonti (Quick Step) started a move with Ballan, and they were joined by Bettini, Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Marco Corti (Barloworld), Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), Luis Pasamontes (Caisse d'Epargne), Nick Nuyens (Cofidis), Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare), race leader Axelsson, Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux), Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), Gerald Ciolek (High Road), George Hincapie (High Road), Linus Gerdemann (High Road), Thomas Lövkvist (High Road), Patxi Vila (Lampre), Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes), Freire, Matti Breschel (Team CSC), Cancellara, Igor Astarloa (Team Milram) and Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
The move gained only 13" by the top of the climb (km 157.3), and with 8.7 kilometres to go it would be hard to hold off Milram, who were organising a chase. Petacchi's boys had their leader in the front group with 2000 metres remaining.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Team-mates Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) (l-r) at the start.
- Franco Ballerini talks to Paolo Bettini (Quick Step).
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) signs.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) with the fans.
- Gianni Savio with Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) (r-l) at the start.
- Meet-n-Greet at the start for Paolo Bettini (Quick Step).
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) overwhelmed by the fans.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) rolls out with Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) looks at himself in yesterday's paper.
- Photographer Roberto Bettini has some fun.
- Roberto Bettini photographing the action.
- Mirror image.
- Oroz takes a descent at full speed.
- Oroz in the break with Krauss and Dion.
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) on the front.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) punches the gas.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) (centre) with past and current world champions Igor Astarloa (Team Milram), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) (l-r).
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) forms the escape group with Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) (r) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) (l).
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) in the finale with Igor Astarloa (Team Milram).
- Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) fires.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) watches Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) and Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) (l-r).
- 'Pippo' Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) on his own during the finale.
- A tight sprint: Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) (l) battled Oscar Freire (Rabobank) (r) to take stage four of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) tops Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) (l, 3rd) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) (r, 2nd).
- Petacchi punches the air with delight after betting Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
- The sixth win of 2008: Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram), 34, celebrates after winning stage four of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) explains his win to the TV camera.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) thanks the support crew.
- Right and left, 'Ale-Jet' Petacchi is kissed in recognition of his stage win.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3.59.58 (41.505 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 8 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 15 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 19 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 25 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 27 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 33 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 35 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 36 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 37 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 39 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 40 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 42 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 43 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 45 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 46 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 47 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 50 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 53 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 59 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 60 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 62 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 65 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 67 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 68 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 69 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 70 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 71 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0.11 72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 77 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 79 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.14 81 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 82 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 85 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 86 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 87 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.24 88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.26 89 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 0.35 90 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.39 91 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 92 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.29 93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 94 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 95 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 96 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 97 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 99 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 100 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 102 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 103 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 106 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 107 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 108 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 109 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 111 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 112 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 113 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 114 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 116 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 117 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 118 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 121 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 122 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 123 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 124 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 125 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 126 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 127 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.42 128 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 129 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 130 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 131 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 132 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 133 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 134 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 136 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 137 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 138 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 139 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 140 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 141 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 142 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 143 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 144 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 146 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 147 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 148 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 149 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 150 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 151 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 152 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 153 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 156 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 157 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 158 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 159 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.52 160 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 8.30 161 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 162 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 164 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre DNS Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank General classification after stage 4 1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 17.56.12 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 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 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 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.08 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.12 16 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 1.18 17 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 1.24 18 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 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 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.46 24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.55 25 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.01 26 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.03 27 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.09 28 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2.40 29 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.52 30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 3.05 31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 32 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 3.11 33 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.14 34 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.28 35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 3.59 36 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 4.11 37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 4.15 38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 5.06 39 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 5.20 40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5.29 41 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 6.08 42 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.14 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.12 44 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.26 45 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8.31 46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.25 47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.09 48 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.36 49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 10.43 50 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.01 51 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11.04 52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 11.14 53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11.27 54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.52 55 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.53 56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.57 57 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 12.14 58 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.44 59 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 13.51 60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.05 61 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 14.28 62 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14.59 63 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 15.22 64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.24 65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.27 67 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 15.38 68 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.43 69 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.53 70 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 16.42 71 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 17.09 72 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 17.46 73 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.52 74 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 18.06 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18.21 76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 78 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 18.33 79 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 80 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.37 81 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 18.45 82 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 18.50 85 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.51 86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.56 87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.57 88 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 19.02 89 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 19.08 90 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 19.11 91 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.15 92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 93 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19.17 94 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 19.25 95 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 19.36 96 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 19.52 97 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 20.50 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 20.51 100 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 21.11 101 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 21.14 102 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 21.17 104 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 21.22 105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 21.27 106 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 21.35 107 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.38 108 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 21.43 109 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.52 110 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 21.54 111 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 22.11 112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 22.37 113 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 23.01 114 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.25 115 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 23.30 116 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 23.43 117 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 23.49 118 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.51 119 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 23.53 120 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 23.59 121 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24.08 122 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 24.12 123 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 124 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 26.00 125 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 26.19 126 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.21 127 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.40 128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 26.56 129 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26.59 130 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 27.04 131 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.05 132 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 133 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.35 134 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 135 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.40 136 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.16 137 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 29.21 138 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.37 139 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 30.02 140 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 30.49 141 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 31.01 142 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 31.08 143 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.33 144 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 32.13 145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33.48 146 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 34.02 147 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.31 148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 35.03 149 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 35.09 150 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36.46 151 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 37.59 152 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 39.36 153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39.39 154 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 39.45 155 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 39.49 156 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 40.49 157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 158 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.56 159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 42.53 160 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 44.35 161 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44.42 162 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 44.52 163 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49.47 164 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 50.20 Points classification 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 23 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 22 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 22 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 14 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 8 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 12 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 11 12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 13 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 14 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 7 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 18 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 6 19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 21 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 22 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 23 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 25 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 26 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 27 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 28 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4 29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 30 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 31 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 33 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 3 34 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 2 36 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 37 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 38 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 2 39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 41 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 42 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 43 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1 44 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1 45 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 46 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 47 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5 6 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 5 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 4 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 10 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 14 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 1 16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 17.56.52 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 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7.46 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.51 8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.04 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.47 10 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 17.06 11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.41 12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 17.53 13 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 18.45 14 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 18.56 15 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 20.31 16 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20.34 17 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 20.55 18 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 23.09 19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.11 20 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 23.13 21 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 23.19 22 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 23.32 23 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 25.39 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.41 25 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26.19 26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 26.24 27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.25 28 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 27.55 29 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28.36 30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.57 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 29.22 32 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 30.09 33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36.06 34 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 37.19 35 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 38.56 36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.16 Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 53.51.18 2 Team 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 Presented by H30 12.31 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.35 14 Française Des Jeux 15.54 15 Saunier Duval-Scott 18.35 16 CSF Group Navigare 20.13 17 Silence-Lotto 24.01 18 Gerolsteiner 24.31 19 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 25.05 20 Rabobank 28.34 21 Team Milram 50.14
