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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC

Italy, March 12-18, 2008

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Stage 2 - March 13: Civitavecchia - Gubbio, 203 km

Illiano blasts back

By Gregor Brown

Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), 31, takes his first win after four years of trying.
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Italian Raffaele Illiano, who hadn't won in four years, profited from his team-mate Niklas Axelsson's work to win stage two of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico. The 31 year-old of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli team took the sprint over Barloworld's Enrico Gasparotto after the duo broke free from their fellow escape companions at 200 metres from the line. Linus Gerdemann (High Road), Saunier Duval's Eros Capecchi and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) also formed part of the winning move that went on Belvedere climb, 17.2 kilometres to go. For his efforts, Italian Gasparotto took the maglia azzurra leader's jersey from Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank).

"I had my crash yesterday... After seven years as a professional..." Illiano paused while holding back the tears following his win in Gubbio, one day after crashing and taking five stitches to his knee. His last win came in October 2004, a year that also included the Intergiro win in the Giro d'Italia.

Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) finished second for the day
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He turned professional with Colombia-Selle Italia, but last year he left the side of Team Manager Gianni Savio to ride for Ceramica Flaminia. However, in Gubbio he found that winning came easiest when working once more under the charming Italian.

"I am thankful to Savio, my parents, my wife and the trust given by Gianni Savio and [Team DS Marco] Bellini."

The day belonged to Savio's team, thanks to the two rockets fired by Swede Niklas Axelsson. The 35 year-old launched his first shot on the lower slopes of the 6.6-kilometre Belvedere to form the eventual winning move. He was immediately followed by Illiano before being joined by Gasparotto, Riccò, Capecchi and Gerdemann.

The second blast was fired by Axelsson after five hours of racing and with 800 metres to go to the line in the same city where 20 years ago Bjarne Riis recorded his first major win with a sprint over Rolf Sorensen. Riccò was most attentive to the power of Axelsson and reeled the cagey veteran back; however, Illiano countered without delay.

Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) finished second for the day but took the overall lead
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The finale further went haywire for the Saunier Duval rider from Modena as he tried to re-accelerate and his rear wheel touched with Gerdemann's. He continued on but shortly before the line he had to dismount and walk his Scott bike over the line, where he immediately slammed it down in disgust, annoyed that the mechanical ruined his chances.

"While I was trying to bring back the sprint, Linus Gerdemann... I don't know," he tried to explain of the German that held the leader's jersey in last year's Tour de France. "His head was hanging low, and he did not have the legs. He touched my rear wheel. I would have won. I could have won." In fairness, looking at the re-play, it appeared that Riccò was the one who deviated from his line and not the German.

The chasing group trailed in 32 seconds later with Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) leading the charge. It was always within reach of the six-man move, but never able to close in on the gap that stayed more or less at 25 seconds. "At five or six kilometres to go, it was too late to start the work," noted Pozzato, who is building his form for the upcoming Milano-Sanremo, March 22.

How it unfolded

Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) with Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
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The day started out at 10:42 when 168 riders rolled out of Civitavecchia, the city where Oscar Freire (Rabobank) took the win and the overall leader's maglia azzurra. Four kilometres into the longest stage of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico, the day had its first escape: Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and 'Lucky' Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare).

Contrini and 'Lucky' were given their freedom and allowed to build an advantage of 7'58" by kilometre 105. However, with teams Rabobank, Lampre and Milram on the prowl the move was not to be successful. Shortly after entering Umbria's Perugia province, the gap was down to 5'20". In the main gruppo Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and Christian Murro (Lampre) were showing strong.

Antton Luengo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) abandoned with 30 kilometres remaining.

Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) forms the winning escape
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The luck of the duo ran out at kilometre 179 and the door opened for stage finale tactics on the Belvedere GPM (Gran Premio della Montagna). Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) launched himself up the road and was marked by, among others, Belgian Champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step). The games were putting some of the sprinters on the ropes; Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) and World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) were seen near the rear end of the race. By the GPM they were 1'18" back of the race winning move that had been formed shortly into Belvedere (630m).

An elite chase group had formed with Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare), Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes) and Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff Credit Systems). They were absorbed with the chase group that included Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), Pozzato, Di Luca, Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) and recent Eroica winner, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). The eventual 21-man move finished the race 32" back. Freire, who was not in this group, finished 8'23" back.

The Tirreno-Adriatico continues tomorrow with stage three, starting from Gubbio and travelling 195 kilometres to bring the riders to the 1.78-kilometre wall of a finish in Montelupone.

Photography

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Results

1 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      5.01.10 (40.442 km/h)
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 
3 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          0.03
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                           0.09
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     0.17
6 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                 0.32
8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                     
9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            
10 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              
11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
13 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                     
16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                              
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                  
19 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           
22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   
23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                
24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
25 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 
28 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                 0.43
29 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     1.02
30 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                     
31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             1.04
32 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        1.05
33 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                      1.06
35 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            
36 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         
37 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
38 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                 
40 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                
41 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                   
42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
43 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       
45 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
46 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           
47 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                              
48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
49 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              
50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                     
51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
52 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
53 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                
54 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
55 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
56 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
57 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                      
58 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
59 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 
60 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
61 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               
63 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
64 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  1.30
65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   2.03
66 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                           8.23
67 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                          
68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                
69 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           
70 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                       
71 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
72 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
73 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                       
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                      
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                  
76 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                  
77 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                      
78 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                     
79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                   
80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                
81 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                      
82 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                    
83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                 
84 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                
85 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
86 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                     
87 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                  
88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
89 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           
90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
91 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
92 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                
93 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
94 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
95 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
96 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     
97 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                  
98 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
99 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        
100 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            
101 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
102 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         
103 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
104 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                 
105 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              
106 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
107 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
108 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
109 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
110 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                            
112 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     
113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                       
114 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                               
115 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    
116 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
117 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
118 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
119 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
120 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            
121 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       
122 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               
123 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         
124 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
125 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                   
126 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
127 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
128 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
129 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
130 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                              
131 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                    
132 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                           
133 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    
134 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    
135 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              
136 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                   
137 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        
138 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                    
139 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
140 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
141 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
142 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
143 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                
144 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
145 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
146 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
147 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     12.07
149 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
150 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                   
151 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  16.10
152 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
153 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                      
154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
155 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                  
156 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                       
157 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                                   
158 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
159 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
160 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                               
161 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
162 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
163 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
164 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  
165 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      
166 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                
DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
DNF Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                          9.11.05
2 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          0.02
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                           0.06
4 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     0.23
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                0.36
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               0.37
8 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               0.38
9 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                    
11 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                     
12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
14 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              
15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   
16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
17 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
19 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                              
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           
22 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                
24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 
25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                  
26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
27 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                 0.49
28 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                 1.08
29 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             1.10
31 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                  1.11
32 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            
33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.12
34 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              
35 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           
36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                
37 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                   
38 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         
40 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                     
41 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                          
42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            
43 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
44 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
46 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
47 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
48 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
49 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                
50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
51 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
52 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       
54 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
55 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
56 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                 
57 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
58 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 
59 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                              
60 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                      
61 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               
63 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  1.36
64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   2.09
65 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        5.47
66 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                             8.19
67 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                         8.23
68 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    8.24
69 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 8.25
70 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 8.26
71 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                       8.27
72 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                           8.29
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                      
74 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                
75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                
76 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                       
77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                  
78 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
79 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     
80 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                
81 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                       
82 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                
83 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
84 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                  
85 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                     
86 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
87 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                     
88 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
89 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                             
90 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                      
91 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                               
92 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
93 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     
94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           
95 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
96 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
97 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
98 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                
99 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                 
100 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               
101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
103 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
104 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
105 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
106 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                  
107 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                     
108 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
109 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        
110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       
111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                 
112 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
114 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
115 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              
116 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     
118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
119 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 
120 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
121 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                 
122 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
123 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         
125 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            
126 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                   
127 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                    
128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                           8.57
129 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott               14.16
130 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      14.19
131 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    14.20
132 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                    
133 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
134 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
135 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                   
136 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
137 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         
138 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                       
139 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
140 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                    
141 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
142 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              
143 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                   
144 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                           
145 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    
146 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
147 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
148 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               16.11
149 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 16.16
150 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
151 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
152 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                                   
153 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
154 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      
155 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                      
156 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     18.04
157 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                   
159 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                 22.07
160 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                  
161 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  
162 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                       
163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                               
164 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  26.22
165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
166 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        17.10.55
 
Points classification
 
1 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           12 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                12
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                               10
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                            10
5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        8
6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     8
7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli             8
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     8
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                              7
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     7
11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       6
12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                     6
13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    5
14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        5
15 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      5
16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  4
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   4
18 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               4
19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                   3
20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          3
21 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                              3
22 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 2
23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          2
24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    2
25 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                             1
26 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              1
27 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    1
28 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                     1
29 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli             5 pts
2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           5
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                              3
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     3
5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                2
6 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                2
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        1
8 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                     1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  9.11.28
2 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                           0.15
4 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            
5 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                  0.26
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                  0.45
7 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                             0.49
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 
9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 8.02
12 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 8.03
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                            8.06
14 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                       
15 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     
16 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     
17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
18 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                
20 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                
21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
22 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                      
23 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                               
24 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                  
25 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         
26 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                          
27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  13.57
28 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           
29 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                    
30 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       
31 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          
32 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                               
34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  15.53
35 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                       
36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         17.41
 
Teams classification
 
1 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                           27.34.05
2 Barloworld                                                                     1.04
3 Cofidis                                                                        1.06
4 Team CSC                                                                       1.08
5 CSF Group Navigare                                                             1.34
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                              1.37
7 Française des Jeux                                                             1.38
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   
9 Gerolsteiner                                                                   1.39
10 Lampre                                                                        1.49
11 Liquigas                                                                      2.12
12 LPR Brakes                                                                        
13 Team Milram                                                                       
14 Quick Step                                                                    9.27
15 Rabobank                                                                      9.29
16 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                                   
17 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                           9.59
18 Silence-Lotto                                                                10.03
19 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                            
20 High Road                                                                         
21 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                                    24.37

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