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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 15 - Sunday, May 24: Forlì - Faenza, 161km
Serramenti's Bertagnolli defies the laws of the land
Old School: A day where radios were thrown out the window; top three GC intact
By Anthony Tan in Faenza, Italy
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As the Centenary Giro d'Italia grows longer, it grows harder, and if the past three days are any barometric indicator, hotter, too. But some, perhaps even many or most, like it hot. Because the way the Giro was raced today, and the way the faces of the riders high on the classifica generale arrived at the finish in Faenza, one witnessed an old-school cycling race in which race radios appeared to be dumped in the trash can, and the laws of logic were thrown out the window.
Just 161 kilometres in length, but for its entirety raced à bloc (all out), the fifteenth stage was both a rarity and blessing in today's technology-driven, big-budget-driven cycling world - driven by sponsors, causes and directors, and often not by a rider's nous, impulse, and will.
It was all the things that post-war cycling used to be – unpredictable, exciting and entertaining – but after a tainted past decade filled with chronicles and confessions of doping, hopefully it was a stage without the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Though we can't say for sure – it's been less than a year since Riccardo Riccò's EPO-induced confessions during the 2008 Tour de France.
It's fitting, then, that the winning rider Leonardo Bertagnolli from the team Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli, hails from the longest-running (and longest-named) team at this tour of Italy. Actually, with its inception a quarter-century ago in the year 1985 and still managed and directed by its founder, the inimitable, linen-suited Gianni Savio, it is cycling's longest-running team, period.
There were no major changes at the top of the GC. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) retained his lead in the overall classification and will wear pink for another day in the mountains tomorrow. However, Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), who was eighth, dropped out of the top 10.
Just like the day before
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As Cervelo's Simon Gerrans did yesterday, 31-year-old Bertagnolli from nearby Russi won after a long breakaway that began with more than a dozen men. Like the stage 14 stage victor, he won what became a fiercely-fought battle of attrition under the luminous Emiglia Romagna sun, glowing Sunday coalface-bright and enshrouding the percorso in shades of gold and vermilion.
And by riding as strong as he did, reducing an original group of sixteen to seven, to two, and then just himself, Bertagnolli deservedly won in the style of an old-school protagonist who first defies logic and then beats it. Fifty-four seconds later, Serge Pauwels (Cervelo Test Team), Marco Pinotti (Columbia-High Road) and Lars Bak (Saxo Bank) rolled across the line.
"I was here to help [Gilberto] Simoni and win a stage, so I'm really happy I won near my home," said Bertagnolli, who was only taken on by the team the Tuesday before the Giro began after Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni picked up a new sponsor and dumped an old rider, replacing Davide Rebellin, who had tested positive for the latest-generation EPO Cera at the Beijing Olympics.
"During the stage, I wanted to stay with [breakaway companion] Marco Pinotti (Columbia - Highroad) because he's a good man to have in a break. But when Pinotti was dropped, I had to go on my own. By the bottom of the descent [of the final climb of Monte Trebbio], I thought that if we're together [he and Cervelo's Pauwels - ed.], I would prefer we wait for the three other riders behind because he's too dangerous on his own."
"I didn't understand Pauwel's tactic [of sitting up and waiting for his teammate Carlos Sastre]," said Bertagnolli. "When I was alone, I was quite calm, but when the gap came down to thirty seconds, I became nervous again; thank goodness I managed to hold the gap."
Basso goes for broke with Garzelli, but seems to lack friends
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On its 8.7km, 4.7 percent-average slopes and taking only Acqua & Sapone's Stefano Garzelli with him, the two former Giro champions attempted to imperil their better-placed rivals, hoping panic would kick in. However, Basso and Garzelli appear to have not so many "friends" in the peloton, as the gruppo maglia rosa largely stuck together (minus Lance Armstrong (Astana) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre - NGC), who had been dropped) and steadily chased them down, catching the pair on the run-in to Faenza.
Isolated during most of this and prone to counter-attack, the maglia rosa of Rabobank's Menchov seems to have a few friends of his own, finishing amongst a group of favourites 1:56 behind Bertagnolli.
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Does what happened today make him more wary of tomorrow's epic Stage 16 to the devilishly steep Monte Petrano? Will he ride differently, Cyclingnews asked him?
"At the moment, I have a lot to think about. In my opinion, it's the most important stage. I'll race more or less race like I have till now; nothing has changed. Two or three riders, I have to follow them, and they are dangerous.
"I have to race a little bit different," Menchov finally conceded.
"Today, I had to follow [Danilo] Di Luca, [Levi] Leipheimer (Astana) and [Franco] Pellizzotti (Liquigas), because they were the dangerous guys [on general classification]. Tomorrow, [Carlos] Sastre could be the dangerous guy."
Some like it hot - but this hot?
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Sunday's course wasn't an easy one, either. Four categorised climbs in the relatively short space of 161km beginning with the Cat. 2 Passo dell'Eremo was the menu del giorno.
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Without Garmin-Slipstream sprinter Tyler Farrar and Fuji-Servetto's Eros Capecchi Sunday morning, 178 riders took off from Forlì, destination Faenza, around 20km away as the crow flies.
Unfortunately for the peloton, their route was far longer and more arduous, which appeared to suit a sweet sixteen just fine after 30km: Bertagnolli and Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Lars Bak (Saxo Bank), Daniel Navarro (Astana), Eduard Vorganov (Xacobeo-Galicia), Andriy Grivko (ISD), Pinotti (Team Columbia-Highroad), Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne), Marco Marzano (Lampre), Pauwels (Cervelo Test Team), Nikita Eskov (Katusha), Gorazd Stangelj (Liquigas), Mauro Facci (Quick Step), Matteo Montaguti (LPR Brakes Farnese Vini), Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) and Hector Gonzalez (Fuji-Servetto).
With Diquigiovanni's Serpa the most dangerous at 9:52 down on the maglia rosa of Di Luca, the lead group's advantage never grew to more than six minutes, with the gap of 4:40 at the crest of the Colle Carnevale, 72.1km in. Curiously, with 56km left to race, the gap grew to around five and a half minutes as the break traversed two uncategorised pinches en route to the penultimate climb of Monte Casale, its GPM coming at km 125.3.
Basso, Garzelli turn the screws, leaves maglia rosa behind
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And on that rather anonymous Cat. 2 slope, both the break and peloton exploded as Liquigas' Basso turned the screws in the bunch, Garzelli of Acqua & Sapone the only man who chose - or could - follow. Menchov, Danilo Di Luca and Carlos Sastre responded at first, though moments later, gave up the ghost.
By the GPM, Basso and Garzelli were around two minutes in front of a reduced gruppo maglia rosa, consisting of Di Luca, Menchov, Sastre, Pellizzotti, Levi Leipheimer (Astana), David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), Michael Rogers and Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia-Highroad), Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre - NGC) and six or seven more - though noticeably, minus Armstrong (Astana) and Cunego (Lampre). A further three minutes in front, Navarro (Astana), Pauwels (Cervelo), Marzano, Bertagnolli and Serpa, Pinotti and Bak were the only seven left out the original 16-man breakaway.
With a short descent and little respite, the leaders were straight onto Monte Trebbio, the day's final climb and its crest just 25.9km from the line. By that latter point, seven became two as Pauwels of Cervelo rode away and only Bertagnolli could follow, 2:15 ahead of Basso/Garzelli and 3:15 on the gruppo maglia rosa.
20km out, our lead pair held their advantage to Basso and Garzelli, who found themselves another duo tagging on for the ride, Bertagnolli's teammate Serpa and Marzano of Lampre, both part of the original break.
Bertagnolli then freed himself of Pauwels on the descent, who, on team orders it appears, reluctantly sat up, and five clicks from home there was just one man out front chased by four - Pauwels, Pinotti, Bak and Marzano, 36 seconds behind. They in turn were chased by the gruppo maglia rosa, 1:53 in arrears. Behind them was another small though significant trio, comprised of Armstrong, Yaroslav Popovych (Astana) and Cunego.
And that's the way their positions stayed. What a day.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Serramenti-PVC Diquigiovanni) takes his first Grand Tour stage.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) descends.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) leads Ivan Basso (Liquigas) around a corner.bettiniphoto_0039335_1_full.jpg
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) attacked on stage 15 in an attempt to ditch the maglia rosa group.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) spent much of the day together.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) wins the stage.
- Damiano Cunego and a Lampre NGC teammate are marked by Denis Menchov.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) attacks the group with the favorites.
- Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas)
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
- It was a hot day in the sun for the favorites, especially when climbing.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) leads a group.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) leads Ivan Basso (Liquigas) up a climb.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) was threatened by the attack of Ivan Basso.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Serge Pauwels (Cervelo) in the breakaway was later called back to help Sastre.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was left behind on the climbs and chased with the Astana duo Yaroslav Popovych and Lance Armstrong. They caught Donati from the break.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Serramenti-PVC Diquigiovanni) leaves the breakaway behind.
- Basso lights it up on the Monte Casale and is marked by Di Luca and Menchov.
- Basso puts Menchov and Danilo Di Luca on the defensive.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) tried to attack drawing Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) along. It didn't work in the end.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Serramenti-PVC Diquigiovanni) takes the solo win in Faenza.
- Denis Menchov dons another pink jersey.
Results
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.18.34 (37.359km/h) 2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 0.54 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.56 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1.27 7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1.49 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 1.51 9 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 10 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 1.56 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 20 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 23 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 24 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 2.56 26 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 7.12 29 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 30 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 32 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 33 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 36 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 37 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 38 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 39 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 40 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 41 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 7.27 42 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 17.59 43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 44 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 45 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 46 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 47 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 48 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 49 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 50 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 53 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 54 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 55 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 57 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 59 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 60 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 63 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 64 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 65 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 66 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 68 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 69 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 71 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 72 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 74 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 75 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 76 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 77 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 78 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 79 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 80 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 81 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 82 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 83 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 22.48 84 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 85 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 86 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 87 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 89 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 91 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 92 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 94 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 95 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 96 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 97 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 99 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 100 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 101 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 104 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 105 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 107 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 108 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 109 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 113 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 114 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 115 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 116 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 117 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 118 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 120 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 121 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 123 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 124 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 125 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 126 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 127 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 128 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 129 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 130 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 131 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 132 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 133 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 134 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 135 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 136 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 137 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 138 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 139 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 140 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 141 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 143 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 144 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 145 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 146 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 147 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 148 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 149 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 150 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 151 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 152 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 153 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 154 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 155 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 156 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 158 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 159 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 160 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 161 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 162 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 163 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 164 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 165 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 166 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 167 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 168 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 169 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 170 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 171 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 172 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 173 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 174 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 175 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25.49 DNF David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto DNS Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream Points 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 pts 2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 24 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 4 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 17 5 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 10 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 8 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 9 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 10 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6 11 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 15 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountains Mountain 1 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 5 pts 2 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 3 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1 Mountain 2 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 3 pts 2 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountain 3 1 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 T.V. 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 5 pts 2 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 4 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 6 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank Most Combative 1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 6 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 5 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 6 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 5 7 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 8 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 9 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 10 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 11 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 pts 2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 2 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 pts 2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 28 3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 5 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 6 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 7 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 7 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Team Columbia - High Road 13.00.28 2 Lampre - NGC 1.02 3 Astana 2.02 4 Liquigas-Doimo 6.18 5 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 11.34 6 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 15.09 7 Cervelo Test Team 16.03 8 Quickstep 16.58 9 Caisse d'Epargne 17.05 10 AG2R La Mondiale 22.16 11 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 22.21 12 Rabobank 13 Fuji - Servetto 27.37 14 Team Saxo Bank 32.06 15 Team Katusha 32.26 16 ISD-Neri 32.39 17 Xacobeo Galicia 33.03 18 Silence - Lotto 48.02 19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 54.00 20 Garmin - Slipstream 21 Team Milram 58.49 22 Barloworld Trofeo Super Team 1 Team Columbia - High Road 34 pts 2 Lampre - NGC 25 3 Quickstep 25 4 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 21 5 Cervelo Test Team 19 6 Team Saxo Bank 17 7 ISD-Neri 15 8 AG2R La Mondiale 13 9 Xacobeo Galicia 12 10 Caisse d'Epargne 8 11 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 7 12 Rabobank 5 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 4 14 Liquigas-Doimo 3 15 Astana 2 16 Fuji - Servetto 17 Silence - Lotto 18 Team Katusha 19 Garmin - Slipstream 20 Team Milram 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 22 Barloworld General classification after stage 15 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 62.54.23 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.34 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.00 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.52 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.03 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.05 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5.26 9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.01 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6.26 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 6.49 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.15 13 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 8.28 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 9.00 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.43 16 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.52 17 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 11.08 18 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 14.17 19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 14.40 20 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17.02 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 18.09 22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 18.14 23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 19.18 24 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 21.07 25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21.16 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21.20 27 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 21.23 28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 23.29 29 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 23.48 30 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 27.53 31 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 27.57 32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 29.00 33 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 30.06 34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 31.04 35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 34.24 36 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 34.29 37 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 35.24 38 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 40.01 39 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 43.51 40 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 44.23 41 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44.59 42 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 46.07 43 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46.15 44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 47.18 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 47.38 46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 48.39 47 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 53.08 48 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 54.19 49 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 55.38 50 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 55.44 51 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 56.05 52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 56.07 53 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 56.08 54 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 59.56 55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.01.12 56 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 1.02.15 57 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.03.11 58 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.06.16 59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.06.53 60 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.06.55 61 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.08.17 62 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.09.27 63 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.09.32 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.10.30 65 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 1.13.02 66 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1.16.16 67 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.16.46 68 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.17.11 69 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 1.19.05 70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.19.11 71 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.20.12 72 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.20.48 73 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.20.50 74 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.23.12 75 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.23.26 76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.25.30 77 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.27.07 78 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.29.57 79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.30.40 80 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.31.30 81 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.32.00 82 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.34.02 83 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1.35.38 84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.35.42 85 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.35.52 86 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 1.37.25 87 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.39.40 88 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.39.53 89 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.41.07 90 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1.41.12 91 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 1.43.08 92 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.44.07 93 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.45.04 94 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.45.18 95 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45.24 96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.49.01 97 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.49.06 98 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.49.20 99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.51.09 100 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.53.27 101 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 102 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 1.53.53 103 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.54.35 104 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1.54.53 105 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 1.55.46 106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.56.24 107 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 1.57.06 108 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.58.11 109 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1.59.11 110 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.00.18 111 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.01.15 112 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.02.04 113 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 2.02.50 114 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.03.39 115 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.03.56 116 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 2.04.14 117 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2.04.45 118 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 2.05.18 119 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.06.41 120 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.07.11 121 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 2.07.28 122 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 2.07.30 123 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.10.45 124 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.11.08 125 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 2.11.18 126 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.12.52 127 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.13.15 128 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.14.00 129 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2.20.41 130 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.21.06 131 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.23.47 132 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.25.01 133 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 134 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2.25.39 135 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.27.02 136 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2.29.41 137 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.31.54 138 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 2.32.25 139 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.32.51 140 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.33.20 141 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 2.34.13 142 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.34.55 143 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.36.26 144 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2.37.25 145 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.37.28 146 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.37.40 147 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.38.45 148 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.39.31 149 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.39.36 150 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.40.52 151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2.40.55 152 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.42.25 153 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.42.48 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.42.58 155 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 2.43.26 156 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.43.29 157 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 2.43.47 158 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 2.44.13 159 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2.44.16 160 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 2.44.41 161 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.45.18 162 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.47.04 163 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.47.12 164 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.47.15 165 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.47.25 166 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.49.02 167 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.49.11 168 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2.51.33 169 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.53.01 170 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.53.42 171 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.55.46 172 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 2.57.04 173 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.58.04 174 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.01.27 175 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.14.07 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 114 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 96 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 79 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 69 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 69 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 68 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 50 9 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 47 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 46 11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 37 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 36 14 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 35 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 34 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 29 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 29 20 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 21 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 28 22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 25 25 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 25 26 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 24 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 23 28 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 23 29 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 30 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 22 31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 33 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 20 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 20 35 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 19 39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 40 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 41 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 16 42 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 43 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 16 44 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15 45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 46 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 47 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 48 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13 49 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 50 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 51 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 52 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 53 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 10 54 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10 55 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 56 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 57 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 58 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 59 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 60 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 61 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 62 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 66 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 67 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 68 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6 69 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 70 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 71 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 72 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 73 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 74 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 75 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 77 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 78 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 79 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 80 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 81 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 82 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 83 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 84 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 85 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2 86 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2 87 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 88 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 89 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 90 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 91 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 92 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 93 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1 94 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 95 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 49 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 39 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 19 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 15 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 13 9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 11 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11 12 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 8 14 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 8 15 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 7 16 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 17 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 19 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 6 21 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 23 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 24 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 25 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 4 26 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 27 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 28 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 29 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 30 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 31 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3 32 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 34 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 37 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 38 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 39 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2 40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 41 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2 42 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 45 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1 46 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 47 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 63.00.49 2 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 4.42 3 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10.36 4 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 14.41 5 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21.31 6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 28.03 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 39.41 8 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 53.30 9 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.01.51 10 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.03.01 11 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.03.06 12 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.45 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.13.46 14 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.14.22 15 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.16.46 16 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.20.41 17 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.23.31 18 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.25.04 19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.34.41 20 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.37.41 21 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.42.54 22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 1.49.20 23 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 2.01.04 24 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.04.42 25 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.07.34 26 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2.14.15 27 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.14.40 28 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.18.35 29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 30 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.26.25 31 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.28.29 32 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2.30.59 33 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.31.02 34 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.31.14 35 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.32.19 36 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.35.59 37 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 2.37.47 38 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2.37.50 39 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.42.36 40 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2.45.07 41 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.46.35 42 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 2.50.38 43 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.55.01 44 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.07.41 T.V. classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 15 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 12 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 5 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 7 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 12 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 13 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 4 14 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 15 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 17 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 18 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 19 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 20 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 22 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 25 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 27 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 28 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 30 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 32 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 33 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 34 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2 35 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 36 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 38 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 39 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 40 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 41 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Most combative classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 23 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 23 5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 23 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 21 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 17 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 14 11 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 14 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 11 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 15 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 16 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 19 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 20 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 9 21 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 22 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9 23 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 25 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 26 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 28 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 29 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 30 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 6 32 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 6 34 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 35 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 6 36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 37 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 39 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 41 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 43 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 44 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 45 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 46 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 47 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 48 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 49 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3 50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3 51 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 52 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 53 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 54 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 55 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 56 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 57 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 59 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3 60 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 61 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 62 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 63 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 65 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 66 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2 67 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 68 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 69 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1 70 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 71 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 72 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 73 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 74 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 4 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 12 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 2 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 2 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 19 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1 20 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 Trofeo Fuga cervelo classification 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 364 pts 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 314 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 289 4 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 273 5 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 263 6 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 247 7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 226 8 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 225 9 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 207 10 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 207 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 200 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 193 13 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 177 14 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 157 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 150 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 146 17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 144 18 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 142 19 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 139 20 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 21 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 132 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 23 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 123 24 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 122 25 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 27 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 117 28 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 114 29 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 31 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 32 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 103 33 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 34 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 43 35 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 36 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 43 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 38 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34 39 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 19 41 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 43 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 44 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 45 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 11 46 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 11 47 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 9 48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 50 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 7 Fair play classification 1 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 Liquigas-Doimo 3 AG2R La Mondiale 4 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 5 Quickstep 6 Silence - Lotto 7 Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 8 Team Columbia - High Road 5 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 5 10 Cervelo Test Team 10 11 Caisse D'Epargne 25 12 Team Saxo Bank 28 13 Astana 30 14 Barloworld 70 15 Team Katusha 75 16 Fuji - Servetto 95 17 Garmin - Slipstream 100 18 ISD-Neri 103 19 Rabobank 105 20 Lampre - NGC 110 21 Team Milram 115 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 152 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Astana 188.09.10 2 Team Columbia - High Road 5.17 3 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 17.51 4 Liquigas-Doimo 26.29 5 Lampre - NGC 31.21 6 Caisse d'Epargne 37.47 7 Cervelo Test Team 38.12 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 52.56 9 Rabobank 59.36 10 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.04.50 11 ISD-Neri 1.19.19 12 Barloworld 1.26.58 13 Quickstep 1.28.49 14 AG2R La Mondiale 1.32.31 15 Fuji - Servetto 1.41.55 16 Team Katusha 1.51.19 17 Team Saxo Bank 2.02.38 18 Silence - Lotto 2.07.56 19 Xacobeo Galicia 2.08.59 20 Garmin - Slipstream 3.36.18 21 Team Milram 3.56.06 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.15.08 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Team Columbia - High Road 323 pts 2 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 228 3 Lampre - NGC 210 4 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 183 5 Liquigas-Doimo 160 6 Astana 157 7 Quickstep 157 8 Team Katusha 144 9 Cervelo Test Team 118 10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 114 11 Barloworld 108 12 Rabobank 107 13 ISD-Neri 104 14 Caisse d'Epargne 96 15 Team Saxo Bank 93 16 Garmin - Slipstream 92 17 AG2R La Mondiale 89 18 Team Milram 81 19 Fuji - Servetto 71 20 Xacobeo Galicia 46 21 Silence - Lotto 34 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 15
