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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 1 - Saturday, May 09: Lido di Venezia (TTT), 20.5km
A tale of two teams, as Columbia puts Cavendish in pink
By Anthony Tan in Lido di Venezia
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Riding as if Venice was to sink tomorrow and the lives of nine men depended on it, Team Columbia-Highroad hammered their way through Saturday's opening stage of the Centenary Giro d'Italia, awarding their precocious sprinter Mark Cavendish the venerable honour of the race's first maglia rosa.
On this crisp, clear spring afternoon on the island of Lido, the whopping sandbar a stone's throw from Venice that separates the world's most famous fluvial archipelago from the Adriatic, the tiger-striped squad stopped the clock after 21:50. Over 20.5 kilometres, they set an incredible average of 56.33 km/h.
"I wear the maglia rosa for the whole team tomorrow," said Cavendish.
"The next few days will be sprints, which will suit me and the team. Obviously, the pressure's off because of today, but we'll try for more wins. I've got no problems wearing this shirt, so I'll keep going as long as I can."
An eclectic mix of seven nationalities they may be, but when all nine crossed the line in Lido's Piazzale Ravà as one, you'd be forgiven for thinking Barry, Boasson Hagen, Cavendish, Lövkvist, Pinotti, Possoni, Renshaw, Rogers and Siutsou came from the same family.
"I was nervous; we were worried about every team. Being first off, it was hard, waiting at the anti-doping control; waiting two-and-a-half hours before going for a wee was pretty hard... " joked the laconic, dry-humoured Cavendish.
Second would be good for most - except Jonathan Vaughters' Garmin-Slipstream team.
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Over the previous weeks leading to the 92nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and over various public loudspeakers, they announced it was their intention to replicate what many didn't think they could do last year. When Tour de France revelation Christian Vande Velde found himself pretty in pink in 2008, albeit for a day, it sent a warning shot that Garmin was a team to stay, play, and win.
On Saturday, however, when Australian Cameron Meyer was the fourth rider to trail in the team's wake in the final kilometre, Garmin finishing with the minimum of five riders, had things perhaps not gone to plan, despite a seemingly small six-second deficit?
What sort of message did that send? That they're beatable? They're vulnerable? Or maybe it's just a small glitch; a few riders having an off day. Over the next three weeks, we'll know for sure.
Team manager Jonathan Vaughters said, "Of course it's disappointing not to win when you've worked so hard, but does that mean we should work less hard? Of course not. We always planned to finish with five riders, and it was a very smooth ride. There were no execution errors.
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"Winning today was definitely a goal but the result can't be a specific parameter to measure the process. I think that the guys did a great team time trial. We went six seconds slower than the number one team in the world. Contrary to the consensus among some people we have other goals over the next three weeks."
Asked if he enjoyed beating Garmin-Slipstream, Cavendish hesitated before answering. "Sure... who wouldn't? Doesn't matter who was second; as long as we won, we were happy.
"I want to take this opportunity to clear up what I said yesterday. It wasn't [directed] at the whole team, just the comments by the director. The riders are really, really good guys. I maybe regretted [what I said] towards the riders, but what I said... I think a lot of people think that," he laughed.
Arguably the strongest squad in the race, Astana showed the colours of Kazakhstan (though maybe for not much longer) to round out the podium, no slow-pokes at 13 seconds adrift of Columbia-Highroad. Their best riders including many tip as the man to beat, Levi Leipheimer, were all there in the end - Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner and Yaroslav Popovych no doubt licking their sweat-stained lips at what lies ahead.
Notable mentions
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The teams of previous Giro champions Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini, 4th at 22 seconds), Ivan Basso (Liquigas, 8th at 40 seconds), and Damiano Cunego (Lampre, 9th at 42 seconds) can return to the Italian mainland Sunday with confidence.
While they were not the winners of two years ago - after all, they're not the same team when he took the 2007 edition - the 33-year-old Di Luca and co. are clearly in good enough form to fight in this crucial first week, where this 21-stage, 3,456.5 kilometre test can well be lost, even if it isn't won.
Basso, a much-improved climber-cum-time trialist before being handed a two two-year suspension for his involvement in Operación Puerto, will probably fare better alone without his team in the following two individual time trials. With his comparative lack of race fitness, one can only see the 31-year-old grow stronger as the days unfold.
Conversely, their compatriots Gilberto Simoni and Stefano Garzelli, with three overall wins between them, all suffered from the strength of their teams - or more precisely, their lack of it.
Simoni, champion in 2001 and 2003, and his near-unpronounceable Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli coterie finished 16th out of 22 teams; while 35-year-old Garzelli looks to be past his prime, Acqua & Sapone 16 seconds short of the wooden spoon, the dubious honour awarded to Fuji-Servetto.
With a time and position that slotted them straight down the middle, the performance from the team of 2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre seems to have reaffirmed what the Spaniard's been saying all along: that he's come to Italy to prepare for the Tour.
Start first, finish first
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First cab off the rank was Columbia-High Road, along with Garmin-Slipstream one of two clear pre-race favourites with powerhouse time trialists Rogers, Lövkvist and Pinotti in their nine-man clan.
Mild temps, a slight easterly and a dead-flat parcours proved to be the perfect scenario for this team that has definitively banished the T-Mobile doping demons of years past, under the guidance of general manager Bob Stapleton. And when all nine men finished together, 10 seconds short of the 22-minute mark, it was clear they had spent themselves to absolute perfection.
The following two squads, Rabobank and Barloworld, did well to limit their losses to under a minute, and by the day's end the boys clad in white and mandarin-orange rode well enough finish seventh, 38 seconds off the winning pace.
But what really caused a stir was Garmin-Slipstream.
Unsurprisingly, Dave Zabriskie and Tom Danielson were two of their strongest, shown trading huge pulls at the front of their largely single-file train. Whether it was the lack of television coverage or a first sign of weakness, however, their other crono specialists David Millar, Bradley Wiggins and Christian Vande Velde didn't seem to be firing as they normally would - perhaps mentally interrupted by the unexpected loss of four team-mates out on the road.
Realistically, it was Astana, the last to leave, that stood any chance of changing the face of the first day's podium. Yet they too couldn't find what Columbia-High Road appeared to have in spades: a heady cocktail of supreme confidence matched with the form of their lives.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC), r, on the boat to Venice.
- Team Acqua e Sapone
- Barloworld team manager Claudio Corti.
- Riders take the boat to Venice's Lido.
- Team cars board the boat to Venice's Lido ahead of Giro d'Italia stage one.
- Riders on the boat to Venice's Lido.
- Before stage one, cars board the boat to Venice's Lido.
- Riders relax before Giro d'Italia stage one.
- Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini)
- Before the start of the centennial Giro d'Italia .
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini)
- In the boat on the way to the start of stage one.
- Team Columbia race to the win in Giro d'Italia stage one.
- Columbia-Highroad races towards the win in the Giro d'Italia stage one team time trial.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) rides with his team in stage one's time trial.
- Team Astana finished third in the team time trial.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) in the race leader's jersey, designed by Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce, l & r.
- Brit Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) enjoys the day after taking the centennial Giro d'Italia's first maglia rosa.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad), 23, becomes the first Brit to wear the Giro d'Italia's maglia rosa leader's jersey.
- Mark Cavendish uncorks the bubbly to celebrate donning the race leader's maglia rosa.
- Astana rides single file on the Lido.
- Team Columbia - Highroad on the podium for winning the Giro's opening stage team time trial.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad) leads in his team for first place, earning the Manxman the maglia rosa.
- Mark Cavendish gasps for air after crossing the finish for Team Columbia - Highroad.
- LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini finished a strong 4th on the day.
- Mark Cavendish is showered with confetti on the podium.
- American time trial champion David Zabriskie was the first to cross the line for Garmin - Slipstream.
- Team Milram motors along the Lido.
- Denis Menchov leads home his Rabobank team.
- Liquigas crosses the finish in 8th place.
- ISD put in a good ride to finish in 5th position.
- Lance Armstrong sprints to the line at the front of the Astana squad.
- Mark Cavendish receives congratulations from Carlo Verdella, director of the Gazzetta.
- Mark Cavendish is proud of his Team Columbia - Highroad squad which helped the Manxman don the first maglia rosa of his career.
- Mark Cavendish in the white jersey for leading the young rider's classification.
- Xacobeo Galicia in action during the opening team time trial.
- Astana's Lance Armstrong helped his team to a 3rd place finish.
- Team leader Gilberto Simoni takes his turn at the front for Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli.
- Cervelo TestTeam finished mid-field in 11th place.
- Fabian Cancellara sets the pace for Team Saxo Bank.
- Philippe Gilbert and his Silence - Lotto team finished the day in 20th position.
- Filippo Pozzato puts in a strong effort for his Team Katusha squad.
- Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo finished in 19th place.
- Caisse d'Epargne en route to a 14th place in the opening stage.
- Quick Step finished in 16th place 1:14 behind Columbia - Highroad.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) takes a pull.
Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Race director Angelo Zomegnan
- Columbia team manager Bob Stapleton talks while his team rides the Giro d'Italia TTT.
- Two famous visitors at the Giro in Venice: Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have restyled the pink jersey for the race's 100th year.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Cycling legend Francesco Moser previews the course.
- Franco Ballerini rides the time trial stage.
- Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan
- Columbia zooms along towards an eventual stage win.
- Team Garmin fires along the Venice roads.
- Garmin-Slipstream starts stage one of the centennial Giro d'Italia.
- Garmin-Slipstream adjusts prior to Giro d'Italia stage one.
- David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream)
- David Zabriskie's (Garmin-Slipstream) USA national time trial bike.
- Tom Danielson (Garmin-Slipstream) and teammates.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream), l, helps Vande Velde adjust his bike.
- Julian Dean (Garmin-Slipstream) already in his time trial tuck.
Results
1 Team Columbia - Highroad 21.50 (56.33 km/h) 2 Garmin - Slipstream 0.06 3 Astana 0.13 4 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.22 5 ISD 0.27 6 Team Katusha 0.35 7 Rabobank 0.38 8 Liquigas 0.40 9 Lampre - NGC 0.42 10 Team Milram 0.49 11 Cervelo TestTeam 12 Barloworld 0.54 13 Team Saxo Bank 0.55 14 Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 15 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.01 16 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.06 17 Quick Step 1.14 18 Xacobeo Galicia 1.19 19 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21 20 Silence - Lotto 1.22 21 Ag2R La Mondiale 1.35 22 Fuji - Servetto 1.37 General classification after stage 1 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 21.50 2 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.06 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 12 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 13 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 14 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 15 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.13 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 17 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 20 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 21 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.22 23 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 24 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 25 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 28 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 0.27 29 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 30 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 31 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 32 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 33 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 34 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 35 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.29 36 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 0.31 37 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 0.35 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 39 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 40 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 41 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 42 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 43 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 44 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 0.37 45 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.38 46 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 47 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 50 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 51 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 52 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 54 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 55 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 56 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 57 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.42 59 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 61 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 62 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 63 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 64 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 65 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 0.49 66 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 67 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 68 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 69 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 70 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 71 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 72 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 73 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 74 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 75 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 76 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 77 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 78 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 79 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 80 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 0.54 81 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 82 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 83 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 84 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 85 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 86 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 87 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 0.55 88 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 89 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 90 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 91 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 92 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 93 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 95 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 97 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 99 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.01 102 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 103 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 104 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 105 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 106 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 108 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 109 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.02 110 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.04 111 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 113 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.06 114 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 115 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 116 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 117 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 118 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 119 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 120 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 121 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.08 122 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 123 Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 1.10 124 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.13 125 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 1.14 126 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 129 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 130 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 131 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.15 132 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 1.18 133 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.19 134 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 135 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 136 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 137 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 138 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 139 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 140 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 141 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 142 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21 143 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 144 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 145 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 146 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 148 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 149 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.22 150 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 151 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 152 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 153 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 154 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 155 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 156 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.23 157 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.26 158 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.33 159 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.34 160 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.35 161 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 162 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 163 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 164 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 165 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 166 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 167 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 168 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.36 169 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 1.37 170 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 171 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 172 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 173 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 174 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 175 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 176 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 177 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 178 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 179 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.49 180 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.10 181 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 182 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.16 183 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 184 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.22 185 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.27 186 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.40 187 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.41 188 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 189 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.46 190 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 191 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2.55 192 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3.29 193 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.42 194 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.08 195 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 4.13 196 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 197 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.16 198 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5.56 Young rider classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 21.50 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.06 6 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.22 7 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 0.27 8 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.29 10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 0.35 11 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 0.37 12 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 0.38 13 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.42 15 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 0.49 16 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 17 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 0.54 18 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 19 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.55 20 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.01 23 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 24 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.06 25 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.13 26 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.14 27 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 28 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.19 29 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 30 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 31 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 32 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21 33 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.22 34 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 35 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.26 36 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.34 37 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.35 38 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.37 41 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 42 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 43 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 44 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.10 45 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 46 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.22 47 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.41 48 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 2.46 49 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.42 50 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.08 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 21.50 2 Garmin - Slipstream 0.06 3 Astana 0.13 4 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.22 5 ISD 0.27 6 Team Katusha 0.35 7 Rabobank 0.38 8 Liquigas 0.40 9 Lampre - NGC 0.42 10 Team Milram 0.49 11 Cervelo TestTeam 12 Barloworld 0.54 13 Team Saxo Bank 0.55 14 Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 15 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.01 16 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.06 17 Quick Step 1.14 18 Xacobeo Galicia 1.19 19 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21 20 Silence - Lotto 1.22 21 Ag2R La Mondiale 1.35 22 Fuji - Servetto 1.37
