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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC
Italy, March 12-18, 2008
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Stage 5 - March 16: Macerata - Recanati, 26 km
World Champ Cancellara does the double
USA's Zabriskie finishes second after holding provisional lead
By Gregor Brown in Recanati
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Time Trial World Champion Fabian Cancellara took the overall lead of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico by winning the 26-kilometre time trial to Recanati (Le Marche). The 26 year-old Swiss of Team CSC won with a time of 33'41", 22 seconds faster than USA's David Zabriskie (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) and, more importantly, 60 seconds over third-place Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), who is now second overall at 16 seconds. Pervious race leader, Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), finished 2'26" back and is now sixth overall.
"I am happy; it is what I wanted. Now, I have to defend it," said Cancellara before stepping onto the podium to take the race leader's maglia azzurra, which he hopes to hold until the race's finish on Tuesday, his birthday. "It would be a nice gift to myself and the team."
Zabriskie, who was one of the first starters of the day, set and held the best time up the final 6.6-kilometre ramp into Recanati – a time that Cancellara could not match. "I think that I lost some time because was an uphill finish, better for the climbers," the day's winner continued. "I think have been competitive at Tirreno."
Cancellara's form is targeted for the week of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, but he has shown that when the opportunity presents itself he is not afraid to have a go. He took the Tour of California prologue and he won RCS Sport's Monte Paschi Eroica last weekend, and looks likely to conquer the final overall in two days. "We are the start of the year, and the form is still coming on. Just like in Eroica, when there is a chance to battle for the win I will have a go."
Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) fought hard to win back the overall lead that he held after stage two. The 25 year-old Italian battled against the World Champion; he came only 23 seconds back at the Fontenoce time check (16'52" to Cancellara's 16'29" at km 16) and at the finish he was in fifth, at one minute. He did not win the race overall leadership, but showed to all that he has the form to be a threat in Milano-Sanremo (with team-mates Cooke and Hunter) and in the following one-day races.
The stage parcours in Italy's Le Marche region presented a twisty run on its 26 kilometres from Macerata to Recanati. After 200 metres of descending in the first 6.5 kilometres, there were 13 kilometres before the finale kicked in. With 6.6 kilometres to go the ramp to Recanati started: a gain of 200 metres and a stretch of 12 percent at one kilometre remaining.
The German from Munster, Linus Gerdemann (High Road), challenged for the stage win and the overall leadership; however, he crashed on his left side near the 12 percent stretch. The 25 year-old, wearer of the maillot jaune in the 2007 Tour de France, crossed the line with a time of 34'57" on his backup bike and then immediately sat on the ground. He suffered a blow to his back, left knee and hip, and was put on a stretcher for the Santa Lucia hospital in Recanati where a CAT scan was due to be preformed on his left knee.
Spirits were kept high for the team thanks to Thomas Lövkvist. He may not have taken the attention away from the general classification battle, but he finished third at 54 seconds out and bettered compatriot and national time trial champion, Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC) – seventh at 1'12".
Germany had a successful day even if Gerdemann was carried off on a stretcher. Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), who battled for the best young rider in the 2006 Tour, came home in fourth for the day and proved the country has some young and upcoming time trial riders.
Tirreno is the race were many riders are fine tuning their form for the upcoming one-day Classics, including Milano-Sanremo on Saturday. "It was a test for the other races, I am preparing for Sanremo and Roubaix with this race," confirmed Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), who finished 16th. "There was a lot of wind, and I did suffer a little bit on the [finishing] hill."
Likewise, Australian Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) confirmed his form is coming along for the Northern Classics. "I am cruising along. I am felling better day by day as the race goes on," he said. "Normally, I am never super at this race, I think I will be good at Sanremo, but I think I will be better in a few weeks."
22 year-old Russian Mikhail Ignatiev held the provisional best time until Zabriskie knocked the top-contenders out. The Tinkoff Credit Systems rider rode a 34'49", which event earned him sixth for the day and will signal him out as a danger man in the closing kilometres of Sanremo.
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- Linus Gerdemann (High Road) took a spill in the time trial.
- World TT Champion Fabian Cancellara proved his skills yet again to take the stage and overall lead in Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Cancellara hammers up the climb on his way to the stage win.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) sports the points jersey on his way to fifth on the stage.
- Gerdemann left the TT in an ambulance after going down hard.
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) the Spanish TT champion.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream) had the fastest time until Cancellara knocked him out of the top spot.
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 33.41 (46.313 km/h) 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.22 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.54 4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.57 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 1.00 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.08 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 1.12 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 1.16 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.20 11 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.21 12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.25 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.26 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.31 15 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.33 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.36 18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 1.38 19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.42 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.53 21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.59 22 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 2.00 23 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.01 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.05 26 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.08 28 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.17 29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 2.23 30 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.26 31 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 2.29 32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.30 33 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.31 34 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.32 35 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 36 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.34 37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 2.39 38 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.42 39 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 40 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.43 41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.44 42 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.45 43 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.46 44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.49 45 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 46 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.54 47 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2.56 48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.57 49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.59 50 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 3.00 51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 3.01 52 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 3.02 53 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.04 54 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.05 55 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3.06 57 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.07 58 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.10 59 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 60 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.12 61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 62 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 3.15 63 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.17 64 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 3.21 65 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.24 66 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3.25 67 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 3.29 68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.32 69 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.33 70 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.38 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.39 72 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.40 73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.42 74 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 75 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.47 76 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.48 77 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.50 78 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 3.51 79 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 3.52 80 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.53 81 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 82 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.54 83 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.56 84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 85 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 3.57 86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 3.58 88 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 89 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.01 90 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 91 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 92 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 4.02 93 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.03 94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 95 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 97 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.04 98 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 4.05 99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 4.06 100 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 101 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4.08 102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 4.11 104 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.13 105 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.14 106 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 4.15 108 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4.16 109 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.17 110 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 4.18 111 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 4.26 112 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4.27 113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 4.31 114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 4.33 115 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 116 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 4.38 118 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 4.39 119 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.40 120 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 4.44 121 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 4.51 122 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.53 123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.54 124 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 4.59 125 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.00 126 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.01 127 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 128 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5.03 129 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 130 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.05 131 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5.09 132 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.11 133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 134 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.12 135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 5.16 136 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 5.17 137 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.19 138 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.20 139 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 5.23 140 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 141 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.24 142 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5.25 143 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 5.32 144 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 146 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.33 147 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.34 148 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 5.36 149 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 5.40 150 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.46 151 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.47 152 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.49 154 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.57 155 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.03 156 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 6.06 157 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.17 158 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.19 159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6.29 160 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 6.43 161 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 6.46 162 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.50 163 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 6.59 164 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 7.33 General classification after stage 5 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 18.30.47 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.16 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.40 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.46 5 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.53 6 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.32 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 1.36 8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.50 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.51 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.53 11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 12 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.07 13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2.26 14 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.34 15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.35 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 18 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.45 19 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.00 20 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.09 21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.27 22 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.53 23 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.56 24 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.57 25 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 26 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 4.00 27 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 4.12 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 4.25 29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 4.40 30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 4.46 31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 4.55 32 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.10 33 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 5.30 34 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6.06 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6.12 36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 6.44 37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 7.17 38 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 7.18 39 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 9.19 40 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 9.20 41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.53 42 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 10.13 43 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.49 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11.02 45 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.13 46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 11.50 47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.50 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 13.08 49 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.18 50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 13.32 51 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.45 52 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.14 53 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.48 54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.11 55 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 15.16 56 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.32 57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.34 58 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.29 59 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 16.36 60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.59 61 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 17.02 62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 17.53 63 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 18.43 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.50 65 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 19.10 66 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.13 67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 19.30 68 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.42 69 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19.52 70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.00 71 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 20.01 72 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.10 73 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 20.30 74 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.31 75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 20.33 76 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 20.51 77 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 21.01 78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 21.34 79 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 21.39 80 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 21.41 81 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 21.47 82 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.48 83 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 22.00 84 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 22.06 85 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 22.09 86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.10 87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.17 88 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 89 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 22.29 90 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 22.38 91 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 23.08 92 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.14 93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 94 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 23.19 95 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.21 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23.27 97 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 23.32 98 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 23.33 99 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.35 100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.46 101 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23.54 102 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 23.55 103 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 24.18 104 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 105 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 24.21 106 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 24.31 107 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 24.33 108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 24.36 109 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 24.38 110 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.40 111 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25.01 112 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.17 113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25.43 114 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 25.50 115 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 26.00 116 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 26.02 117 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 26.33 118 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 26.39 119 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 26.48 120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 26.59 121 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 27.08 122 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 27.57 123 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 28.45 124 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 28.46 125 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 28.50 126 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.30 127 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.33 128 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 29.45 129 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 30.13 130 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 30.28 131 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 30.33 132 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.16 133 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.31 134 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.36 135 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.53 136 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 33.05 137 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 33.13 138 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 33.16 139 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 33.38 140 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 34.00 141 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34.31 142 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 35.27 143 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.42 144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 36.12 145 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 36.53 146 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 38.23 147 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 38.31 148 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38.57 149 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 40.15 150 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 40.53 151 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41.52 152 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 43.15 153 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 43.29 154 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 44.04 155 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 44.34 156 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 45.02 157 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.26 158 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 46.28 159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 46.38 160 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 48.01 161 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 48.28 162 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48.53 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 53.24 164 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54.39 Points classification 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 29 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 22 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 22 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 15 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 15 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 14 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 13 10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 11 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 11 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 17 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10 18 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 20 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 21 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 6 22 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 24 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 25 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 27 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 30 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 31 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4 32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 33 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 35 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 36 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 3 37 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 2 39 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 41 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 42 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 2 43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1 44 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 45 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 46 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 47 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1 48 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1 49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 50 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 51 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5 6 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 5 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 4 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 10 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 14 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 1 16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 18.31.27 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.46 3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.16 4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 4.50 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.13 6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.09 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10.22 8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 17.13 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.33 10 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 21.20 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 21.26 12 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 21.29 13 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.34 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.06 15 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 23.38 16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 17 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 23.53 18 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.22 19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 25.53 20 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 26.08 21 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 27.17 22 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 28.05 23 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 28.10 24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28.50 25 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 29.05 26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 29.48 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.36 28 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.51 29 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.13 30 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 32.25 31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33.51 32 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 34.47 33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 40.13 34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 42.35 35 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 43.24 36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.46 Teams classification 1 Team High Road 55.37.45 2 Liquigas 1.36 3 Lampre 2.55 4 Caisse d'Epargne 3.06 5 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.14 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.27 7 LPR Brakes 5.59 8 Team CSC 6.16 9 Quick Step 7.17 10 Barloworld 8.26 11 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 12.11 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 13.01 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.36 14 Française Des Jeux 19.01 15 Saunier Duval-Scott 21.10 16 CSF Group Navigare 22.26 17 Silence-Lotto 26.54 18 Gerolsteiner 27.51 19 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 28.45 20 Rabobank 31.30 21 Team Milram 57.10
