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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 5 - Wednesday, May 13: San Martino Di Castrozza - Alpe di Siusi, 125 km
Six firm favourites
Menchov shows his stripes, Di Luca takes lead
By Anthony Tan in Alpe di Suisi, Italy
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Wednesday, May 13 in Alpe di Siusi will go down as the day the favourites at the Centenary Giro were reduced to no more than six.
We can now count stage winner Denis Menchov (Rabobank), new maglia rosa Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini), Swedish revelation Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia-Highroad), Ivan Basso (Liquigas), Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) as our six firm favourites.
Michael Rogers (Team Columbia-Highroad), Franco Pellizzotti (Liquigas), Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Damiano Cunego (Lampre-N.G.C.), Lance Armstrong (Astana) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) all showed signs of weakness on the 24.9-kilometre-long, 1,844 metre-high summit finish, losing 0:22, 0:47 (Pellizotti and Simoni), 2:39, 2:58, and 5:24, respectively. While still early in the peace, if one were to see any of these aforementioned names return to the top end of the leader board come May 31 in Rome, it will require a significant change in form and possibly an audacious move or two in the second or third week.
And if any had the ability to do so, it would be one 37-year-old, seven-time Tour de France winner who goes by the name of Lance Armstrong - though it's likely he and Chris Horner will sacrifice their own chances for that of fellow American teammate Leipheimer, who only seems to be getting better with age, and is perhaps Di Luca's most serious threat.
"I can't jump with Di Luca. He's really explosive," said Leipheimer, fourth overall at 43 seconds behind Di Luca. "Lance, I think he's doing very well; I saw him two weeks ago and I think he's doing much better."
Said Armstrong of his goal Wednesday, "We just had to ride our tempo and limit our losses to maybe two minutes - it turned out to be three [minutes] but that's okay. Like I said in the beginning, the first half [of the race] is not going to be my half. I can't expect to be in the front."
Intentions confirmed
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Conversely, Menchov, Di Luca and Sastre were very much in their element, the trio some margin better than the rest in the final kilometres of the Alpe di Siusi. As the former two engaged in a long, uphill drag race to the line after 125 kilometres, it was the 31-year-old Russian's power that won him the day.
"I knew before the Giro we had two important stages [in the first week]; my preparation was such that I knew I had to be strong in the beginning," said Menchov, now 50 seconds off Di Luca in fifth overall.
"The stage was like I expected. Liquigas and LPR were very strong; Liquigas forced a really hard tempo in the beginning of the climb as Basso isn't a rider who can change his rhythm often, and it wasn't a surprise to see him sit on the front for the last five kilometres.
"I'm in better condition than last year," said Menchov, who finished fifth overall in 2008, 3:37 behind Alberto Contador. "The [stage 12] time trial, I will have to be at 150% - there's going to be massive time gaps after racing one hour and forty minutes."
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He wasn't far off after victory yesterday, but actually wearing the maglia rosa provides confirmation of Di Luca's intention to repeat his dominant Giro performance of two years ago. The 33-year-old from Abruzzo said, "I have the same condition of 2007 and when I have these feelings I can win any race I want.
"I'm used to coming to the Giro very strong in the beginning because I like riding the Classics. After I rode the Giro del Trentino and won a stage, I knew I was ready; I'd knew I'd be competitive.
"I checked out these climbs and knew there'd be gaps. Today, I chose to use a 39x27 gear and pedal at a cadence of around 100 rpm - maybe I'm the only one who used such a small gear."
And what about Lövkvist, his closest adversary on GC, who has so far bested his team captain and looks set to continue that way?
"Lövkvist is very young. He's a great talent but this year, I don't know...we'll have to see if he can [continue to] be competitive," Di Luca said. "Still, we have to be very watchful, because we don't know what he can do in the final days [of the Giro]."
A pinch before the punch...
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Wednesday's short, U-shaped stage allowed the peloton, now 195 riders strong, to begin later than usual, the official kick-off time at 1:50 p.m. from yesterday's finish in San Martino di Castrozza.
It began with a pinch: up the Passo Rolle a septet went clear, and by its crest Eros Capecchi (Fuji-Servetto), Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-N.G.C.), Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini), Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Mauro Facci (Quick Step), Giovanni Visconti (ISD) and Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) were the men in the move.
Bombing the descent and crossing provinces from Trento to Bolzano, the break's lead steadily grew to around four-and-a-half minutes in the valley separating the two mountain regions; Visconti becoming the leader on the road, 2:49 down on the maglia rosa of Lövkvist at the start of the day.
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The large portions of false flat combined with the natural momentum of a larger group, led by the jerseys of Team Columbia-Highroad, kept the lead group's advantage in check until the start of the 24.9-kilometre climb to Alpe di Siusi, a climb that no one was expected to enjoy in only the fifth day of the Centenary Giro.
Not particularly steep with an average gradient of 6.1% and a maximum 11% coming in the final three kilometres, our front seven stayed together on its lower slopes, Fuji-Servetto's Capecchi doing much of the pace-setting. Unfortunately for them, the pace in the Liquigas-led peloton was increasing inexorably and less than a minute separated break from bunch 15 kilometres from the finish. Unless their machines turned into motorbikes, one might impolitely say they were screwed.
Flying through the remnants of the break at 30 km/h, the early leaders could only watch the arrow-shaped peloton - still Liquigas-electric green at its tip - forge its merry way to the finish.
Basso was then left to do what he's done many times before: turn the screws until there were no more than seven with three kilometres remaining: Di Luca, Leipheimer, Horner, Menchov, Sastre and maglia rosa Lövkvist the only names to hold his wheel. But in a strange twist, it was the 2006 Giro winner who found himself caught out.
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- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wins stage five after putting in a powerful attack inside the final kilometre.
- Danili Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) in the race leader's maglia rosa.
- The group containing Lance Armstrong could not match the pace set by Liquigas at the front.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) triumphs on stage five's mountain top finish at Alpe di Siusi.
- Lance Armstrong and several Astana teammates were dropped on the ascent to Alpe di Siusi.
- The tifosi applaud the efforts of Ivan Basso.
- Danilo Di Luca leads an elite selection of seven riders which formed in the closing kilometres of stage five.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) sets a fierce tempo approaching the mountain top finish.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia - Highroad) wears the white jersey for leading the young rider classification.
- Ivan Basso tosses aside a bottle on the ascent to Alpe di Siusi.
- Danilo Di Luca wears the green jersey as leader of the mountains competition and gets a thumbs up from champion Italian skier Denise Karbon.
- Danili Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) resplendent in the maglia rosa.
- Stage winner Denis Menchov uncorks the bubbly on the podium.
- Race leader Danilo Di Luca is at home in the mountains of the Giro.
- Liquigas' Sylvester Szmyd set such an infernal pace that the devil himself appeared in awe.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) gives his maglia rosa earning performance a thumbs up.
- Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the podium following his victory in stage five.
- Barloworld had a visitor at the start of stage five: former Formula 1 driver Ukyo Katayama.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia - Highroad) prepares to release the balloons at the start of stage five.
- Lance Armstrong arrives in Alpe di Siusi.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank)dug deep to win stage five.
- Former Giro champion Stefano Garzelli finished in 55th place, 5:24 behind Menchov.
- Gilberto Simoni finished stage five in 14th place.
- Carlos Sastre changes into dry clothes after finishing at Alpe di Siusi.
- Astana teammates Leivi Leipheimer and Chris Horner arrive at the finish line.
- The peloton negotiates the switchbacks of Passo Rolle.
- Team Columbia - Highroad sets tempo on the stage-opening ascent of Passo Rolle.
- The peloton rolls through the streets of San Martino Di Castrozza at the start of stage five.
- The bicycles of yesteryear and today on display at the Giro.
- The peloton ascends Passo Rolle.
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- Damiano Cunego climbs to Alpe di Siusi through cheering tifosi.
- An enthusiastic fan cannot break the concentration of Ivan Basso.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia - Highroad) prior to the start of stage five in San Martino Di Castrozza.
- Overnight race leader Thomas Lövkvist arrives at the start line.
- The peloton climbs Passo Rolle early in stage five.
- Denis Menchov had plenty of time to celebrate his victory.
- Danilo Di Luca narrowly missed out on winning two consecutive stages.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the podiium for winning stage five.
- The peloton descends through the wintery landscape of Passo Rolle.
- Mark Cavendish sets tempo for teammate and race leader Thomas Lövkvist.
- Giovanni Visconti (ISD) leads the seven-man break which escaped only five kilometres into stage five.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) shows the strain of tackling the 25-kilometre climb to the finish.
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) makes his way to stage five's mountain-top finish.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) takes his turn leading the seven-man break off the front for most of stage five.
- Danilo Di Luca is tucked in behind the trio of Liquigas riders on the climb to Alpe di Siusi.
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.15.24 (38.382 km/h) 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.02 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.09 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.19 8 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 11 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0.24 12 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.45 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.47 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.50 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0.53 17 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 1.08 18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17 19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1.43 20 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1.47 21 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 22 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 23 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 24 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.54 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 1.56 26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 2.01 27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 2.05 28 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 2.17 29 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.26 31 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.28 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.39 33 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.47 34 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 2.58 35 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 37 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 38 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 39 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 40 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 42 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 43 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.16 44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.48 45 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4.12 46 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 4.21 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.46 49 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 5.13 51 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.24 52 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 54 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 55 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 56 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 5.36 57 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 5.42 58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 59 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 60 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 61 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.55 62 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.31 63 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7.07 64 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 7.19 65 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7.33 66 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 8.01 67 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.38 68 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9.43 69 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 72 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 73 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 75 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 76 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 9.57 78 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 10.04 79 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 10.18 80 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 81 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.38 82 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 10.48 83 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11.03 84 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 85 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 86 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11.20 87 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.38 88 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 12.05 89 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 90 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 12.46 91 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 92 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 93 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 13.48 94 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 95 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 96 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 97 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 98 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 99 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 100 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 101 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 102 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 103 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 104 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 105 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14.20 106 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15.46 107 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 108 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 110 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 111 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 112 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 113 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15.50 114 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15.52 115 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 116 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 117 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 119 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 120 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 121 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 122 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 123 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 124 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 125 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 126 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 127 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 128 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 129 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 16.03 130 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 16.53 131 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 132 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 133 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 134 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 135 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 136 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 137 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 138 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 139 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 140 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 141 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 142 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 143 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 144 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 145 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 146 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 147 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 148 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 149 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 150 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 151 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 152 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 153 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 154 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 155 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 156 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 157 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 158 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 159 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 160 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 161 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 162 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 163 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 164 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 165 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 166 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 167 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 168 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 169 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 170 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 171 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 172 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 173 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 174 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 175 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 176 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 177 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 178 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 179 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 180 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 181 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 182 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 183 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 17.19 184 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 17.48 185 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 186 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 187 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 188 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 189 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 190 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 191 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 192 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 193 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 194 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 20 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 16 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 14 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 10 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 9 8 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 11 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 12 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 5 14 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4 15 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 17 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 19 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 20 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 21 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 Mountains Mountain 1 1 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 Mountain 2 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 4 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 TV 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 3 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 4 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD Most combative 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 5 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3 7 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 8 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervela 1 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 pts 2 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 3 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 110 4 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 107 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 105 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Astana 9.48.26 2 Team Columbia - High Road 0.41 3 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.22 4 Barloworld 2.35 5 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 2.44 6 Caisse d'Epargne 3.37 7 Liquigas-Doimo 3.51 8 Rabobank 3.52 9 Cervelo Test Team 4.09 10 Lampre - NGC 7.03 11 Silence - Lotto 7.55 12 Quickstep 9.53 13 ISD-Neri 10.09 14 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 10.31 15 AG2R La Mondiale 13.46 16 Fuji - Servetto 17.29 17 Xacobeo Galicia 18.04 18 Team Saxo Bank 18.21 19 Garmin - Slipstream 27.09 20 Team Milram 27.27 21 Team Katusha 29.10 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 35.37 Trofeo Super Team 1 Astana 31 pts 2 Rabobank 30 3 Team Columbia - High Road 30 4 Liquigas-Doimo 25 5 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 19 6 Cervelo Test Team 16 7 Caisse d'Epargne 16 8 Fuji - Servetto 11 9 Barloworld 10 10 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 7 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 6 12 AG2R La Mondiale 5 13 Quickstep 4 14 Silence - Lotto 15 Garmin - Slipstream 16 ISD-Neri 17 Team Milram 18 Lampre - NGC 19 Team Saxo Bank 20 Xacobeo Galicia 21 Team Katusha 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 5 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16.20.44 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.01 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 2.30 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.36 14 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.41 15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 2.49 16 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2.55 17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.01 18 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 3.15 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.16 20 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.21 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.29 22 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3.34 23 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.35 24 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 3.51 25 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 3.58 26 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.01 27 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.10 28 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.26 29 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.31 30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 4.38 31 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.39 32 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 5.03 33 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 5.09 34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 5.12 35 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 5.45 36 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.47 37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 5.58 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6.19 39 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6.30 40 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.41 41 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.26 42 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 7.34 43 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 7.46 44 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 7.56 45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 8.02 46 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 8.22 47 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 8.23 48 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 9.27 49 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 9.52 50 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.05 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.27 52 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.58 53 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 11.26 54 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 12.24 55 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12.27 56 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12.32 57 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 12.41 58 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 12.43 59 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.59 60 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 14.09 61 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 14.15 63 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 15.02 64 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 15.43 65 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 15.49 66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.10 67 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16.49 68 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 17.33 69 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 17.44 70 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 17.47 71 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 18.01 72 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 18.03 73 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 18.09 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 18.11 75 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 18.13 76 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 18.47 77 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 19.35 78 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19.38 79 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 19.42 80 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 20.24 81 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 20.28 82 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.19 83 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 22.21 85 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 22.23 86 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 23.01 87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 23.09 88 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 23.22 89 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 23.23 90 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23.28 91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23.44 92 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23.51 93 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 24.13 94 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 24.15 95 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 24.55 96 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25.43 97 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 26.29 98 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 27.29 99 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 27.37 100 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 27.59 101 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 28.22 102 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 28.31 103 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 28.33 104 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 28.45 105 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29.24 106 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 30.24 107 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 30.29 108 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 30.49 109 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 33.05 110 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 34.09 111 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 34.19 112 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 34.21 113 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34.23 114 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 34.45 115 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 35.31 116 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 35.32 117 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 36.41 118 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 37.28 119 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 37.50 120 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 37.56 121 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 38.02 122 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 38.15 123 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 38.28 124 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 38.38 125 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 38.44 126 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 38.57 127 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 128 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 39.20 129 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 130 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 39.24 131 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 39.29 132 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 39.30 133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 39.42 134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 39.43 135 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 39.51 136 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40.06 137 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 40.15 138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 40.18 139 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 40.19 140 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 40.30 141 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 40.35 142 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 40.58 143 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 41.03 144 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 41.07 145 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 41.09 146 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 41.14 147 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 41.34 148 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 41.37 149 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 41.38 150 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 41.52 151 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 152 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 41.53 153 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 42.16 154 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 155 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 42.33 156 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 42.34 157 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 42.38 158 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 42.51 159 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 42.52 160 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 43.12 161 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 43.17 162 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 43.23 163 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 43.31 164 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 43.33 165 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 43.37 166 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 44.19 167 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 44.27 168 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 44.35 169 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 44.56 170 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 44.57 171 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 45.01 172 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 45.15 173 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 45.23 174 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 45.30 175 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 46.31 176 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 46.41 177 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 46.52 178 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 47.53 179 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 48.42 180 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 49.27 181 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 49.33 182 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 49.46 183 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 49.48 184 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 49.49 185 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50.04 186 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 50.41 187 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 50.54 188 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 51.00 189 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 51.14 190 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 52.16 191 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52.21 192 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52.29 193 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 54.10 194 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 55.02 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 51 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 49 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 38 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32 5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 26 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 24 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 22 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 22 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 19 12 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 18 13 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 16 14 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 16 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 16 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 14 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14 20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 14 21 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 14 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10 24 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 9 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 26 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 27 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 8 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 29 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 30 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 31 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 32 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 33 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 34 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 35 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 6 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 5 37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 5 38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 39 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 5 40 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 42 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 4 43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 3 44 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 3 46 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 47 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3 48 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3 49 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2 50 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 51 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 52 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2 53 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 54 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 1 55 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 56 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 57 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 58 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 59 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 1 Mountains classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 15 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 6 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 4 9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4 10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 16 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2 17 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 19 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 16.20.49 2 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 2.44 3 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.05 4 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.21 5 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.34 6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 4.58 7 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.21 8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 7.29 9 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 8.18 10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 9.22 11 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.53 12 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 12.19 13 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 12.36 14 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.54 15 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 17.39 16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 17.56 17 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19.33 18 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.14 19 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 23.18 20 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 28.17 21 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 28.26 22 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 30.19 23 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 30.44 24 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 33.00 25 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34.18 26 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 34.40 27 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 36.36 28 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 37.23 29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 38.33 30 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 38.52 31 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 39.15 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 39.19 33 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 39.24 34 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 40.53 35 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 41.02 36 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 41.29 37 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 41.32 38 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 41.33 39 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 41.47 40 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 43.28 41 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 44.22 42 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 44.51 43 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 45.18 44 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 46.47 45 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 49.22 46 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 49.41 47 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 50.55 48 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52.16 49 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52.24 50 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 54.05 TV Classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 3 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 5 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 6 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 8 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 10 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 14 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 18 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 19 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1 Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 12 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 11 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 6 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 10 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 11 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 15 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 17 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 18 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 19 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3 22 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3 23 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 24 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 3 25 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3 27 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 29 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3 30 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 33 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 34 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1 35 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 37 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 38 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 10 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo classification 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 157 pts 2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 157 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 157 4 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 157 5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 157 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 150 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 146 8 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 142 9 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 120 10 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 110 12 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 13 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 107 14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 105 16 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 17 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 103 18 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 103 19 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 Fair Play classification 1 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 Rabobank 3 Liquigas-Doimo 4 Cervelo Test Team 5 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 6 AG2R La Mondiale 7 Quickstep 8 Barloworld 9 Team Milram 10 Lampre - NGC 11 Fuji - Servetto 12 Garmin - Slipstream 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 14 Team Katusha 15 Team Saxo Bank 16 Silence - Lotto 17 Xacobeo Galicia 18 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 19 Team Columbia - High Road 5 pts 20 Astana 5 21 Caisse d'Epargne 25 22 ISD-Neri 25 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Astana 48.21.36 2 Team Columbia - High Road 0.31 3 Barloworld 3.35 4 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 3.49 5 Caisse d'Epargne 6.04 6 Liquigas-Doimo 6.08 7 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 7.23 8 Lampre - NGC 8.34 9 Cervelo Test Team 8.48 10 Silence - Lotto 13.18 11 Rabobank 13.40 12 ISD-Neri 14.09 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 14.59 14 Quickstep 18.15 15 AG2R La Mondiale 25.27 16 Fuji - Servetto 26.03 17 Team Saxo Bank 30.05 18 Xacobeo Galicia 35.31 19 Team Katusha 40.22 20 Team Milram 44.22 21 Garmin - Slipstream 51.59 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.03.28 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 88 pts 2 Lampre - NGC 83 3 Team Columbia - High Road 77 4 Astana 68 5 Liquigas-Doimo 56 6 Quickstep 51 7 Rabobank 48 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 41 9 Barloworld 39 10 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 35 11 Garmin - Slipstream 35 12 Cervelo Test Team 30 13 Caisse d'Epargne 30 14 ISD-Neri 29 15 Fuji - Servetto 24 16 Team Saxo Bank 23 17 Silence - Lotto 19 18 Team Milram 18 19 Team Katusha 18 20 AG2R La Mondiale 14 21 Xacobeo Galicia 7 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7
