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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 18 - Thursday, May 28: Sulmona - Benevento, 182km
Scarponi adds another as GC fav's lay low before Vesuvio
By Anthony Tan in Benevento, Italy
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Three days from Rome and on an overcast Thursday afternoon where scores of white sheep clouds smothered the percorso in hazy shades of blue-grey, an escape found success at the 92nd Giro d'Italia as the favourites for the overall title rested their legs as best as they could.
Given the road that lies ahead, where on Friday, after a 164-kilometre slog around the ankle of Italy's boot, the riders finish atop Mount Vesuvius - most likely in ones, twos and threes - the eighteenth stage was a clearly a case of polarised objectives for the 171 remaining soldiers left in this Centenary Giro.
On one hand, there was a bunch of blokes who knew they had no more than two opportunities left to win a stage in a race where, so far, only six teams have tasted the overly sweet spumante that accompanies victory. When sixth stage victor Michele Scarponi of Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni took his second win Friday in Benevento following another 100 kilometre-plus breakaway, still only six teams have tasted success.
Though surely, after two incredibly arduous escapes in a Grand Tour raced at the highest level, it's lopped off a year or two off the 29-year-old's life?
"Haha!" Scarponi first laughed with the shrill of a school-kid - one who has just heard the 3 p.m. afternoon bell ring, allowing him to run home and ride his bike with his friends.
"After [Stage 16 to] Monte Petrano, I had a crisis of sorts and was without energy. But today, my energy returned," he told Cyclingnews.
"I was really good; I had good legs. Today was very special; it was my first stage win in Italy at the Giro, because the last one was in Austria. To win at the Giro has always been a dream of mine, so I'm really happy," he said, whose team manager Gianni Savio later indicated that he's keen to renew Scarponi's contract for another season.
The flip side of the coin
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On the other hand, there are six riders at the top of the classifica generale who have a realistic shot of reaching the final podium in Roma. And for some, they will need all the help they can get.
Come the high mountains, Rabobank's Denis Menchov has experienced little of the latter but to date, the week-old maglia rosa hasn't needed any, has done just fine on his own, and intends to keep what he came here for.
"I expect a hard day tomorrow," said Menchov, stating the obvious, but adding he remembers the climb to Mount Vesuvius well, despite having previewed it only once before. Until now, he's ridden the climbs the only way he knows how. It's a defensive style not unlike Tour de France champion Miguel Indurain, where, in each of his five wins, the Spaniard took the race lead after a long time trial, followed his rivals in the mountains, then crushed his lighter-weight opponents in the final time trial. From Friday to Sunday, Menchov's likely to do the same.
But does it bother him that his critics say he's boring, that he rides too defensively?
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"I think everybody has to ride their own race," said Menchov. "Until this moment, I've ridden like that, and the situation now is good. I'm not really a specialist [in any discipline]; I'm not really a climber and I'm not really a time trialer, so maybe it's better I have ridden this way."
Lurking 26 seconds behind is 2007 Giro champion Danilo Di Luca. "Il Killer di Spoltore" isn't a man who gives up on a fight, and don't expect Friday to be any different for the LPR leader.
Equally, Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas has shown he, too, has the mettle to put the favourites in a spot of bother, the Blockhaus conquistador two minutes behind Menchov and holding the joker card of teammate Ivan Basso, fourth overall at 3:28.
And at least for a spot on the final podium, it would be erroneous to write off Cervelo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre. Only two seconds behind Basso on the classifica generale and able to cause trouble - though he'd most likely prefer two or three hard climbs before Friday's only real mountain of significance if he's to stand on the podio in Roma - the 2008 Tour de France champ will need to lay down an Open Misère in the vein of his attack on L'Alpe d'Huez last July.
From Sulmona, southwards we go...
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Finally, the 92nd Giro d'Italia heads south.
And the further south one goes, the madder the tifosi, it seems, because on an overcast Thursday afternoon in Sulmona, a raucous welcome was awarded to the 172 left in this year's race.
Thursday's only real topographical obstacle, the 15.4km long Cat. 2 Piano delle Cinque Miglia - its KOM coming just 22.5km into the 182km stage - provided the springboard for many an escape attempt, but attempt did not translate to result until some 40 kilometres later, when a sizeable 25 forged their way clear of the peloton.
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In the move, Astana, Team Columbia-High Road, Diquigiovanni-Androni, Garmin-Slipstream, ISD, Quick Step and Team Saxo Bank were best represented with two pair of legs each in Yaroslav Popovych and Andrey Zeits (Astana); Thomas Lövkvist and Kanstantsin Siutsou (Team Columbia-Highroad); Alessandro Bertolini and Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni-Androni); Giovanni Visconti and Dmytro Grabovskyy (ISD); Julian Dean and Danny Pate (Garmin-Slipstream); Dries Devenyns and Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step); and Jason McCartney and Lars Bak (Team Saxo Bank).
The rest of the teams were represented by one man each: Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini), Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone), Felix Cardenas (Barloworld), Thomas Voeckler (BBox Bouygues Telecom), David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne), Philip Deignan (Cervelo TestTeam), Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Jonas Ljungblad (Silence-Lotto), Evgeny Petrov (Katusha) and Eduard Vorganov (Xacobeo Galicia).
Generally speaking, such a large group would not have been allowed to go. But with the majority of teams represented (missing were AG2R La Mondiale, Fuji-Servetto, Rabobank and Team Milram), this bevy of 25 was given the freedom to ride, gaining 6:15 115 kilometres in, with 67 kilometres left to ride.
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Fifty kilometres from home, they still enjoyed a five-minute advantage, and 30 kilometres out, 3:50 was the gap - swinging the chances of staying away in favour of the breakaway.
Up and over the rolling roads, direzione Benevento, the break's weak links dropped off as a few digs at the front broke the chain that once was, leaving just nine on the final city circuit to fight for the win: Cardenas (Barloworld), Pate (Garmin-Slipstream), Grabovskyy (ISD), Gavazzi (Lampre-NGC), Scarponi (Diquigiovanni-Androni), McCartney and Bak (Team Saxo Bank), Devenyns (Quick Step) and Zeits (Astana).
With 3:38 to the peloton 5 kilometres from home, these riders worried not about the bunch behind catching them, but who was strongest or slyest.
Quick Step's Devenyns was one such strong-man, attacking 2 kilometres out, and McCartney of CSC was clearly riding for his Danish teammate, Bak. But then Pate, who had yo-yoed on and off the back the last few kilometres, stubbornly making the final six, tried his luck through the front door, and only just missed out to a resurgent Scarponi, the American also pipped by Cardenas at the line.
Photography
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- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) is all smiles at the start of stage 18 in Sulmona.
- Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni - Androni) wins stage 18 in Benevento, the Italian's second win in the centenary Giro d'Italia.
- Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni - Androni) won the uphill sprint in Benevento besting his six breakaway companions.
- Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni - Androni) out-sprinted Félix Cardenas (Barloworld) and Lars Ytting Bak (Team Saxo Bank) for the stage win.
- Race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Danilo Di Luca arrive at the finish together.
- Riders set out from Sulmona for the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia.
- The peloton begins stage 18 in Sulmona.
- Riders pass through Roccaraso 33.9 kilometres into stage 18.
- Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni - Androni) has now won his second stage of the 2009 Giro d'Italia.
- Kisses for stage winner Michele Scarponi.
- Francesco De Bonis (Diquigiovanni - Androni) is pleased with the victory of his teammate Michele Scarponi.
- Michele Scarponi uncorks the bubbly.
- Denis Menchov earned another maglia rosa after maintaining his 26 second lead over Danilo Di Luca on GC.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Giovanni Visconti (ISD) leads the break.
- Danilo Di Luca keeps an eye on Denis Menchov during stage 18.
- Michele Scarponi celebrates his victory in stage 18 ahead of Félix Cardenas (Barloworld), Danny Pate (Garmin - Slipstream) and Lars Ytting Bak (Team Saxo Bank).
- Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rabobank) leads the peloton across the finish line 3:57 behind stage winner Michele Scarponi.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) awaits the start of stage 18 in Sulmona.
- Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) leads the best young rider classification.
- Maglia rosa Denis Menchov on the start line for stage 18.
- The peloton crosses a bridge en route to the finish of stage 18 in Benevento.
- Jackson Rodriguez (Diquigiovanni - Androni) crashed during the stage and had an uncomfortable ride to the finish.
- Rabobank sets tempo at the head of the peloton.
- Michele Scarponi celebrates on the podium after winning stage 18.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) remains in the lead after stage 18.
Results
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.07.41 (44.088 km/h) 2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 3 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 0.06 6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 0.20 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 0.24 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 0.37 9 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.39 10 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.42 11 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 0.44 12 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 0.58 13 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 1.09 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 17 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.17 21 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 24 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.57 26 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 3.57 27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 29 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 30 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 32 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 33 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 36 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 39 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 41 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 43 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 45 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 46 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 47 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 48 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 49 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 50 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 51 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 52 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 55 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 56 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 57 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 61 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 63 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 64 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 65 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 66 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 67 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 69 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 70 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 71 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 72 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 73 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 74 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 75 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 76 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 77 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 78 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 79 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 80 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 81 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 82 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 83 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 84 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 85 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 86 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 87 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 88 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 89 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 90 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 91 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 92 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 93 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 94 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 95 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 97 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 99 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 101 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 104 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 105 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 106 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 108 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 109 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 111 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 112 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 113 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 114 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 115 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 116 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 118 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 119 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 120 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 121 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 122 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 123 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 124 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 125 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 126 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 127 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 128 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 4.22 130 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 131 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.26 132 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.27 133 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 4.29 134 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 135 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 136 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 137 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 138 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 139 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 140 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 141 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 142 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 143 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 144 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 145 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 146 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.45 147 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 148 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 149 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 150 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 151 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 152 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 153 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 154 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 155 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 156 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 157 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 158 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 159 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 160 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 161 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 162 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 5.09 163 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5.42 164 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 6.01 165 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 166 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 167 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 6.32 168 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 169 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 170 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8.34 171 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11.12 DNF Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step Points 1 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 26 pts 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 3 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 16 5 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 14 6 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 12 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 10 8 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 9 9 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 10 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 11 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 5 12 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4 15 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3 16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountains Piano Delle Cinque Miglia, km 22.5 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 5 pts 2 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 T.V. Sprint Telese Terme, km 145.4 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 5 pts 2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad Combativity 1 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 9 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 8 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 4 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 5 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4 6 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 7 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1 11 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 pts 2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 3 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Teams 1 Team Saxo Bank 12.27.24 2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0.15 3 ISD-Neri 0.19 4 Garmin - Slipstream 0.53 5 Quickstep 1.05 6 Astana 1.37 7 Team Columbia - Highroad 2.02 8 Barloworld 3.33 9 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4.15 10 Xacobeo Galicia 4.31 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 4.42 12 Caisse d'Epargne 13 Silence - Lotto 14 Lampre - NGC 15 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16 Cervelo Test Team 4.50 17 Team Katusha 18 Liquigas-Doimo 5.30 19 Rabobank 7.30 20 AG2R La Mondiale 21 Team Milram 22 Fuji - Servetto 8.18 Super team 1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 32 pts 2 Team Saxo Bank 31 3 ISD-Neri 29 4 Quickstep 20 5 Barloworld 19 6 Garmin - Slipstream 18 7 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 8 Astana 10 9 Xacobeo Galicia 9 10 Silence - Lotto 8 11 Lampre - NGC 7 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 13 Caisse d'Epargne 4 14 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 3 15 Team Columbia - Highroad 3 16 Cervelo Test Team 17 Team Katusha 18 Liquigas-Doimo 19 Rabobank 20 Team Milram 21 AG2R La Mondiale 22 Fuji - Servetto General classification after stage 18 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 76.40.02 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.26 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.00 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.28 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3.30 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4.32 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 7.05 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.03 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9.58 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.33 11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.09 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 12.17 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14.03 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 14.34 15 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14.44 16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 16.10 17 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16.43 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 25.33 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 25.34 20 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 27.31 21 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 29.48 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 34.13 23 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 35.18 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 39.24 25 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 41.11 26 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 42.00 27 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 43.12 28 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 46.53 29 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 46.58 30 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 52.13 31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 56.52 32 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 57.24 33 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 58.00 34 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.03.16 35 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.05.07 36 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.05.37 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.12.58 38 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.15.02 39 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.15.23 40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 1.18.17 41 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.18.31 42 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.19.03 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.19.44 44 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 1.20.31 45 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.22.20 46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.22.21 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1.22.26 48 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.23.12 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1.25.41 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.27.15 51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.28.37 52 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.29.03 53 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.31.48 54 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.32.14 55 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 1.36.34 56 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.37.17 57 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.37.34 58 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 1.39.00 59 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1.46.23 60 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.46.51 61 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.51.27 62 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.55.10 63 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.55.11 64 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.55.59 65 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.56.33 66 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.56.37 67 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.58.01 68 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.58.06 69 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1.59.26 70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 2.04.30 71 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.05.48 72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.06.21 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.08.17 74 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.08.56 75 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.09.35 76 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.10.26 77 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.11.35 78 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2.11.50 79 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.12.34 80 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.14.06 81 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.19.26 82 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.20.21 83 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.21.05 84 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.21.39 85 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.24.48 86 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.27.10 87 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.27.18 88 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.27.20 89 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.27.34 90 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.29.31 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.30.35 92 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.31.44 93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.33.03 94 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.34.24 95 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 2.36.41 96 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2.37.19 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.39.31 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.40.05 99 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.40.15 101 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.42.51 102 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.43.46 103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2.44.03 104 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.44.10 105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.45.25 106 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2.46.11 107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.47.14 108 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 2.48.01 109 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 2.52.24 110 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.52.44 111 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 2.56.48 112 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.57.17 113 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2.59.18 114 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.59.21 115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 3.00.04 116 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.00.22 117 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.01.04 118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.03.23 119 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.03.39 120 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.05.13 121 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.05.16 122 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.07.54 123 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.08.12 124 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3.08.38 125 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.10.33 126 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3.11.00 127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3.11.10 128 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.12.00 129 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.15.34 130 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.17.58 131 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.19.32 132 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.20.57 133 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.24.39 134 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.26.48 135 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.28.59 136 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 3.29.31 137 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3.29.37 138 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.33.29 139 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 3.33.43 140 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.33.52 141 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.35.52 142 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.36.49 143 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.37.57 144 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3.38.43 145 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.40.24 146 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.40.45 147 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.41.23 148 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.41.26 149 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.43.00 150 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.43.34 151 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.43.57 152 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.44.24 153 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 3.44.53 154 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.46.23 155 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.47.02 156 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.47.24 157 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 3.47.45 158 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.48.11 159 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.48.14 160 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.48.16 161 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 3.48.39 162 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.49.00 163 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.51.02 164 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.55.31 165 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.57.40 166 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.59.34 167 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4.01.34 168 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.02.02 169 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 4.02.19 170 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.10.02 171 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.18.53 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 146 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 113 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 103 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 101 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 96 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 68 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 64 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 62 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 61 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 60 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 55 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 48 14 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 47 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 44 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 37 17 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 35 18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 33 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 31 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 31 22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30 24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 29 26 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 29 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 28 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 27 29 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 25 30 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 25 31 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 24 32 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 33 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 22 34 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 35 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 36 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 38 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 40 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 41 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 42 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 43 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 18 44 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 45 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 46 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 17 47 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 16 48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16 49 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 16 50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 16 51 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 52 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14 53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14 54 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 55 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 56 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 14 57 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 58 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 59 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13 60 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 61 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 10 62 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 10 63 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10 64 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 65 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 66 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 9 67 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 68 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 9 69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 70 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 73 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 74 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 75 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 76 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 77 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 78 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 79 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 80 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 5 81 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 82 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 83 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 84 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 85 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 86 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 87 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 88 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 89 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 90 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3 91 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 92 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2 93 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2 95 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 96 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 97 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 98 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 100 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 101 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 61 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 39 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 39 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 37 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 24 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 9 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 15 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14 11 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 13 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11 14 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 15 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 10 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 8 17 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 8 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 7 20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 7 21 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 6 26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 28 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 30 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 31 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 32 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 33 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 34 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 36 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3 37 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 39 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 40 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 42 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 43 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 44 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2 45 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 46 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2 47 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 48 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 49 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1 52 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 53 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 1 Young rider classification 1 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 76.54.36 2 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.09 3 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15.14 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20.44 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 24.50 6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 43.26 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 48.42 8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.22.43 9 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.23.00 10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.36.53 11 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.40.36 12 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.40.37 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.41.59 14 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.43.32 15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.55.52 16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.57.01 17 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.58.00 18 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.05.47 19 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.06.31 20 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.10.14 21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.12.36 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.28.17 23 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.49.05 24 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.55.59 25 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 2.57.26 26 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.01.00 27 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.03.24 28 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.10.05 29 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.12.14 30 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.14.25 31 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 3.14.57 32 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.22.15 33 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.26.49 34 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.26.52 35 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.28.26 36 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.31.49 37 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.33.37 38 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.33.40 39 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.40.57 40 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.45.00 41 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3.47.00 42 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.55.28 43 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.04.19 T.V. Classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 25 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 15 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 8 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 9 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 10 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 6 11 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 14 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 4 16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 4 17 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 18 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 19 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 20 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 22 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 23 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 24 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 25 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3 26 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 28 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 30 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 31 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 32 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 33 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 35 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 36 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 37 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 38 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 39 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2 40 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 41 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 43 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 44 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 45 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 46 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 47 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 48 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Combativity classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 39 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 36 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 27 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 23 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 17 11 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 14 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 11 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 15 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11 16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10 19 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 20 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 9 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 24 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 25 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 26 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 8 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 29 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 30 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 31 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 32 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 33 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 34 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 35 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 36 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 37 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 6 39 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 40 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 6 41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 42 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 6 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 45 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4 46 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 47 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 50 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 51 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 52 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 53 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 54 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 55 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 56 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 57 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 58 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 59 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 60 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 61 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 62 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 63 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 65 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 66 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3 67 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 68 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 70 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2 71 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 72 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 73 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2 74 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 75 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 77 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 78 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1 79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 80 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1 81 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 82 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 83 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 84 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 13 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4 9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 4 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 13 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 2 14 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 16 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 2 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 21 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1 22 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 23 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Teams classification 1 Astana 229.35.11 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 17.12 3 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 23.52 4 Liquigas-Doimo 29.57 5 Lampre - NGC 54.18 6 Cervelo Test Team 1.06.21 7 Caisse d'Epargne 1.06.56 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 1.12.00 9 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.37.52 10 Rabobank 1.39.28 11 AG2R La Mondiale 2.06.27 12 Barloworld 2.24.52 13 Quickstep 2.25.50 14 Team Saxo Bank 2.47.53 15 ISD-Neri 3.05.42 16 Fuji - Servetto 3.12.59 17 Xacobeo Galicia 3.17.35 18 Team Katusha 3.22.08 19 Silence - Lotto 3.42.57 20 Team Milram 6.03.38 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6.08.57 22 Garmin - Slipstream 6.12.07 Super Team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 358 pts 2 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 275 3 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 245 4 Liquigas-Doimo 244 5 Lampre - NGC 232 6 Astana 216 7 Quickstep 182 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 174 9 Cervelo Test Team 152 10 Team Katusha 144 11 Rabobank 143 12 ISD-Neri 133 13 Barloworld 127 14 Team Saxo Bank 124 15 Caisse d'Epargne 118 16 AG2R La Mondiale 111 17 Garmin - Slipstream 110 18 Team Milram 81 19 Fuji - Servetto 72 20 Xacobeo Galicia 55 21 Silence - Lotto 43 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 21 Fair play classification 1 Quickstep 2 Silence - Lotto 3 Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 4 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 5 5 Cervelo Test Team 10 6 Liquigas-Doimo 25 7 Team Columbia - Highroad 25 8 Caisse d'Epargne 25 9 Team Saxo Bank 28 10 Astana 30 11 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 45 12 AG2R La Mondiale 70 13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 70 14 Barloworld 95 15 Fuji - Servetto 95 16 Team Katusha 100 17 Garmin - Slipstream 100 18 ISD-Neri 128 19 Team Milram 135 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 152 21 Rabobank 245 22 Lampre - NGC 270
