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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 19 - Friday, May 29: Avellino - Vesuvio, 164km
Menchov a certain winner as Sastre erupts on Vesuvio
By Anthony Tan in Monte Vesuvio, Italy
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Friday on Mount Vesuvius, one witnessed an eruption of the two-wheeled kind at the Centenary Giro as Cervelo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre, his title chances written off after a bad day in the mountains two days prior, redeemed himself on its baking hot slopes to claim his second hilltop win.
"It was two nice victories, but my goal in this Giro d'Italia was something more," said Sastre with typical honesty.
"In [Stage 17 to] Blockhaus, I lost two important riders for the climbs - a teammate [Philip Deignan] crashed just before the climb and I lost another good rider two days before [in Volodymir Gustov]. Then I made a mistake when [Danilo] Di Luca attacked and I couldn't follow. But, I'm happy - three big stages for our team."
Conversely, on mainland Italy's only volcano to have erupted in the past century, maglia rosa Denis Menchov kept ice-cool. As he has done since he took the lead seven stages ago in the Cinque Terre time trial, the cold-faced Rabobank leader defended superbly, allowing those who did not threaten him to ride away - but never losing sight of arch-rival Di Luca of LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini, the pair ending the stage on the same time, a half-minute behind Sastre in third and fourth, respectively.
Throughout this race, Menchov never looked like he'd gone into the red - Friday told the same story. "From the very first stages, it was clear Di Luca was ready to win," he told Cyclingnews.
"The most important thing [after I took the race lead] was to follow him, so the situation now is perfect. To be in the race lead now, it's shown I've performed well and almost achieved my number one goal," said Menchov, whose lead to Di Luca narrowed to 18 seconds, courtesy of an eight-second time bonus awarded for third on the stage.
"I achieved my target; I didn't want to lose time to him today. The bonus [Di Luca got] at the end wasn't important," Menchov said. "Di Luca is very good at changing rhythm on the climbs, but fortunately my body was able to respond to his attacks."
Little movement among top five
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In actual fact, by the day's end and despite those who attempted to forge ahead, only Sastre, Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti and Di Luca preceded the expressionless, laconic Russian, Pellizotti's teammate Ivan Basso rounding out the top five and switching spots on GC with Sastre.
Asked if he always felt the shadow of Menchov behind him, Di Luca said, "Menchov did well [to stay on my wheel]. I am used to staying on the front anyway, fighting for the win. I put him in trouble, but I was also in trouble; I was at my limit and so was Menchov, so we were equal."
Despite Pellizotti's valiant efforts today and on Blockhaus that now see him 1:39 off the maglia rosa in third overall, in reality the curly blond's done little to better his chances on the classifica generale. Though more than likely he'll be rapt with that come Roma, and Pellizotti, solid against the clock, would need to have one of the worst days on the bike to lose his spot to Sastre (@ 2:40) or Basso (@ 3:33).
And with that last 14.4-kilometre race against the clock the only obstacle in Menchov's path, a discipline he's superior compared to his rivals, surely for Menchov the Giro's won?
"You can't say you've already won the race. I prefer to wait until it's over," he said.
"I think I have to be relaxed - no," Menchov corrected himself, smiling, "relaxed is not possible - I have to be calm. It's always better to be in front. I know I'm in good shape, so I know I can do a good time trial. I can be calm and confident [I can hold my lead]."
A kick in the ankle
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Southern Italians love the heat (who doesn't envy their unblemished olive skin?), and there was plenty of that early Friday afternoon in Avellino, where the final mountain stage of the 92nd Giro began. Taking into account Mount Vesuvius, situated at the ankle of Italy's boot, was last used for an Italian Grand Tour 19 years ago in what was a 190-kilometre road stage won by Spaniard Eduardo Chozas, apart from those few who had managed to preview the climb, the percorso was run on unfamiliar territory for most of the 171 that remained.
Consequently, it was not in the least surprising to see an early break go, Mauro Facci (Quick Step) and Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) skipping away just 16 kilometres in. With Facci the best placed rider on GC - if you can call being 16 minutes short of three hours well-placed - the pair was allowed all the freedom they wanted for the first two hours as they hugged the coast road from Salerno (km 33.1) all the way to Ercolano (km 148), five kilometres from the base of Vesuvio.
Seven minutes' lead after 44 kilometres and six minutes ahead with a century of kilometres remaining, Facci and Krivtsov appeared to relish their coastal ride to the ankle of Italy's boot; perhaps they already knew their chances of a stage victory were about one in a thousand.
It wasn't the same story for Astana's Lance Armstrong, suddenly changing his line around a right-hand corner to avoid Mauro Da Dalto of Lampre, the Italian overcooking a corner at the 80 kilometre mark. The result saw both come down and skid towards the barriers, the Texan landing on the side of his broken collarbone, but thankfully both were unhurt and soon rejoined the race.
The 13.3-kilometre, third category ascent of Picco Sant'Angelo led to a natural reduction in the gap between break and bunch, 4:35 the time-check at its crest (km 101). Twenty kilometres from the start of the climb proper, it was a further two minutes less, the bunch ominously driven by the LPR jerseys of Di Luca as they passed the near-2000 year-old ruins of Pompeii.
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All together by the base of Vesuvio, the top three on GC kept their cool as they watched those that didn't threaten their podium position take flight - even letting Stefano Garzelli and Basso go early in the peace. Ten kilometres from home, Di Luca had a dig but as he's always been while Menchov was ever-attentive. A kilometre later, Sastre shot out of the gruppo maglia rosa and quickly bridged to Basso, who had dropped Stefano Garzelli but wasn't looking super, managing only to stay on the Spaniard's wheel till 5km out, when the 2006 Giro champ lost contact.
"I attacked because I wanted to give my maximum," said Sastre. "To drop Basso was not easy. Today, the radio was working well and when I got a time split, I was 40 seconds in front, but Pellizotti was also strong."
Pellizotti chose his moment not long after, again three kilometres from the line, and once more two kilometres out, a third attempt finally ridding himself of Di Luca and Menchov. Between Sastre and and the gruppo maglia rosa were the names of Pellizotti, Basso, Simoni and Arroyo, but all that Menchov cared about - all he needed to care about - was the maroon maglia of Di Luca, a maglia he never let out of sight.
One kilometre out Sastre appeared close to dying a thousand deaths, but the defending Tour champ had enough in the tank to cross the line a happy man, even if his chances of overall victory were behind him.
"It wasn't like L'Alpe d'Huez last year [in the Tour de France]," Sastre said, "where every kilometre, I was making time on the others. Today, I felt the other [rivals] were stronger. I was suffering all the time uphill."
Photography
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- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) on his way to winning stage 19 up Mount Vesuvius.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) mark each other on the final climb.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) climbs to the finish.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) wins stage 19 with a strong final climb up Vesuvius.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) wins stage 19, showing fine form for the upcoming Tour de France.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
- Riders crest the top of the final climb on Stage 19.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the podium.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) zips up his pink jersey.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) shows what it feels like to chase Danilo Di Luca up Vesuvius.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Testteam) on the podium.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Testteam) opens the champagne.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Testteam) blows kisses as he has plenty of time to celebrate his solo win.
- The peloton rounds a bend.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - NGC) gets some encouragement.
- A group rides on stage three.
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step) after the finish.
- Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli) after stage 19.
- Ignatas Konovalovas (Cervelo Testteam)
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) after finishing.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana)
- Lance Armstrong and Gilberto Simoini pose for a photo.
- The peloton on its way to Mount Vesuvius.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads Denis Menchov (Rabobank) across the line.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) waves to the many fans that came out to support him.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes)
- The top two in the GC cross the finish together.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) after a tough day in the saddle.
- Andriy Grivko (ISD - Neri)
Images by AFP
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) deals with a mechanical after a crash.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) awaits assistance.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) gets going again.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) demonstrates the aero position.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) followed by his shadow Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was obviously tested on this tough stage.
- The peloton
- LPR Brakes rides on the way to Mount Vesuvius.
- LPR Brakes controls the peloton for its leader Danilo Di Luca.
Results
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4.33.23 (35.993 km/h) 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.21 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.30 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.35 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.53 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 1.14 8 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.15 9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.29 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.32 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.38 15 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.40 16 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1.42 17 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54 18 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 2.26 19 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2.41 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.44 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 2.51 22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.57 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 24 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 26 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 28 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 29 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.35 32 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 3.47 33 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.09 34 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 35 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.29 36 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 4.38 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 4.43 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 4.53 40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5.01 41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.22 42 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 43 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 44 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5.39 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6.16 46 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6.25 47 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6.32 48 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 49 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 50 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 51 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.19 52 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.03 53 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 9.04 54 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9.33 55 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 56 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 57 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 62 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 63 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 64 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 65 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 66 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 67 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.50 68 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 10.22 69 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 70 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 71 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 10.46 72 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 11.03 73 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 13.09 74 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 75 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 76 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 77 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 78 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 79 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 80 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 81 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 83 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 84 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 85 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 86 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 87 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 88 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 89 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 90 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 91 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 92 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 93 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 94 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 95 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 96 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 97 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 99 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 100 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 15.56 101 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 17.11 102 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 104 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 105 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 106 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 107 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 108 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 110 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 111 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 112 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 113 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 114 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 115 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 116 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 117 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 118 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 120 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 122 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 123 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 124 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 125 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 127 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 128 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 129 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 130 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 131 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 132 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 133 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 134 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 135 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 136 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 137 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 139 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 140 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 141 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 142 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 143 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 144 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 145 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 146 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 148 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 149 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 150 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 151 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 152 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 153 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 154 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 155 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 156 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 157 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 158 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 159 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 160 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 161 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 162 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 163 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 164 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 165 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 17.55 166 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 167 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 168 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 169 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 170 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25.54 DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Points 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 25 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 10 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9 8 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 8 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 8 10 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 6 13 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 4 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 17 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 18 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 2 19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2 20 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 21 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 T.V. Sprint Sorrento, km 112.6 1 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 5 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 4 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 3 4 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 6 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini Mountains Picco Sant'Angelo, km 101 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 2 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1 Vesuvio, km 164 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 2 Combativity 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 6 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 6 3 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 6 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 3 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 2 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 Teams 1 Astana 13.45.10 2 Liquigas-Doimo 0.38 3 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0.43 4 Caisse d'Epargne 1.05 5 Lampre - NGC 2.09 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 5.13 7 Team Columbia - Highroad 7.09 8 Rabobank 7.43 9 AG2R La Mondiale 8.43 10 Xacobeo Galicia 8.50 11 Cervelo Test Team 9.23 12 Team Katusha 11.02 13 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11.34 14 Team Saxo Bank 13.05 15 Silence - Lotto 17.37 16 Quickstep 19.19 17 Fuji - Servetto 19.27 18 ISD-Neri 22.19 19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 22.50 20 Team Milram 25.46 21 Garmin - Slipstream 32.56 22 Barloworld 35.41 Super Team 1 Liquigas-Doimo 35 pts 2 Cervelo Test Team 33 3 Astana 23 4 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 20 5 Rabobank 19 6 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 18 7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 17 8 AG2R La Mondiale 14 9 Caisse d'Epargne 14 10 Lampre - NGC 10 11 Quickstep 7 12 Team Columbia - Highroad 13 Silence - Lotto 14 Xacobeo Galicia 15 Garmin - Slipstream 16 Team Saxo Bank 17 Team Katusha 18 Team Milram 19 ISD-Neri 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 21 Fuji - Servetto 22 Barloworld General classification after stage 19 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 81.13.55 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.18 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.39 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.40 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.33 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4.55 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.48 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9.32 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 10.42 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11.32 11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.54 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 13.29 13 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15.29 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 15.42 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 16.24 16 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17.53 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 18.37 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27.48 19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 28.00 20 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 31.10 21 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 32.15 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 38.19 23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 44.14 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 45.10 25 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 26 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 47.57 27 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 51.03 28 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 52.55 29 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 56.12 30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 58.48 31 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 59.51 32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.03.39 33 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.06.22 34 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.08.46 35 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.13.49 36 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 1.14.41 37 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.17.50 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.22.11 39 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.23.23 40 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.24.05 41 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.24.31 42 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.25.37 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 1.26.33 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.27.25 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.29.42 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 1.30.56 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1.31.29 48 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.31.42 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.35.00 50 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.35.05 51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.36.10 52 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.38.06 53 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.40.01 54 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.41.17 55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1.42.22 56 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 1.49.13 57 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.52.51 58 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.54.42 59 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 1.55.41 60 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2.03.04 61 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.03.32 62 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.04.13 63 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.05.40 64 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.07.09 65 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2.07.50 66 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 2.08.00 67 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.10.40 68 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.10.52 69 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 2.12.40 70 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.13.14 71 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.14.19 72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.14.42 73 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.17.59 74 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 2.19.56 75 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.20.18 76 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.21.27 77 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.23.09 78 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.25.13 79 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.26.16 80 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2.28.31 81 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.30.13 82 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.30.25 83 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32.26 84 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.36.07 85 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.36.20 86 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.36.21 87 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.37.46 88 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.38.20 89 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.39.49 90 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.41.29 91 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.44.23 92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2.44.28 93 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.47.03 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.47.16 95 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 2.49.20 96 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.49.44 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.52.10 98 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.52.11 99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.52.44 100 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2.54.00 101 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2.56.38 102 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.56.56 103 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2.58.50 104 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 3.00.40 105 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.00.51 106 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.01.11 107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.02.06 108 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.03.19 109 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.03.55 110 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 3.05.03 111 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 3.09.07 112 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.09.25 113 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.13.01 114 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 3.13.29 115 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 3.15.59 116 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.16.46 117 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.17.45 118 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.17.55 119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.20.04 120 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.20.20 121 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3.21.20 122 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.21.29 123 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.21.54 124 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.24.35 125 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.24.53 126 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3.25.19 127 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.27.14 128 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3.27.41 129 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.28.41 130 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.30.37 131 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.31.57 132 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.32.11 133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.38.22 134 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.41.20 135 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3.42.16 136 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 3.46.12 137 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.46.24 138 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.48.31 139 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.50.10 140 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 3.50.24 141 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.50.33 142 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3.51.22 143 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.53.30 144 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.54.38 145 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.57.05 146 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.57.26 147 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.58.04 148 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.58.07 149 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.59.02 150 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.59.41 151 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.00.15 152 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.00.38 153 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 4.01.34 154 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.03.43 155 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 4.04.05 156 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 4.04.26 157 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 4.04.52 158 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 4.04.55 159 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4.04.57 160 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 4.05.20 161 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.05.41 162 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.07.43 163 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.12.12 164 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.14.21 165 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 4.14.58 166 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 4.16.15 167 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4.18.15 168 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.18.43 169 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.19.05 170 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.44.17 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 162 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 127 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 123 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 107 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 96 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 86 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 74 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 70 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 68 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 64 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 46 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 40 17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 39 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 19 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 37 20 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 35 21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 34 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 33 23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 32 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 31 25 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 26 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 27 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 29 28 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 27 29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 30 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 25 32 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 25 33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 34 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 35 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 22 36 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 39 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 40 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 41 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 42 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 43 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 44 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19 45 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 18 46 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 47 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 17 48 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 16 49 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 50 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 16 51 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 16 52 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 14 53 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 14 54 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 55 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14 57 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 58 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 59 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13 60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 12 61 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 12 62 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 63 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 10 64 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10 65 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 66 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 67 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 9 68 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 9 70 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 71 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 72 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 73 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 74 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 75 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 76 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 77 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 78 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 79 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 81 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 82 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 5 83 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 84 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 85 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 86 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 87 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 88 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 89 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3 90 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 91 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 92 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 93 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2 95 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 96 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2 97 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 98 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 99 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 100 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 101 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 61 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 45 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 41 4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 40 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 38 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 30 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 24 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 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 12 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 14 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11 15 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 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 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 6 24 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 6 27 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 28 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 29 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 31 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 33 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 34 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 35 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 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 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 44 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2 46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 47 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2 48 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 49 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 50 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 52 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 53 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 1 Young rider classification 1 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 81.29.37 2 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.11 3 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16.33 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 29.28 5 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 32.15 6 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 58.07 7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 58.59 8 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.24.19 9 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.37.09 10 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.39.00 11 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.48.31 12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.51.27 13 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.52.08 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.57.32 15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.04.36 16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.05.45 17 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.09.31 18 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.14.31 19 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.22.04 20 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.24.07 21 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.25.47 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.36.29 23 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.04.38 24 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.05.47 25 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.11.32 26 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.12.59 27 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.14.55 28 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.16.15 29 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.25.38 30 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 3.30.30 31 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.30.42 32 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.37.48 33 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.42.22 34 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.42.25 35 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.43.20 36 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.43.59 37 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.49.10 38 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.49.13 39 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.56.30 40 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 4.00.33 41 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4.02.33 42 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.03.23 43 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.28.35 T.V. classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 26 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 19 3 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 4 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 10 5 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 8 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 9 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 7 11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 12 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 6 13 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 14 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 16 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 4 18 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 19 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 20 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 21 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 23 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 24 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 25 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 26 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 27 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 29 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 31 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 32 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 33 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 34 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) 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 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 37 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 37 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 33 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 32 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 26 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 23 10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 12 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 14 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 14 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 17 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11 18 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 19 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 10 22 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10 24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 9 26 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 27 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 28 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 30 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 31 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 32 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 33 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 34 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 35 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 37 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 38 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 39 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 6 40 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 41 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 6 42 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 6 44 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 45 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4 47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 48 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 51 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 52 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 53 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 54 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 55 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 56 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 57 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 58 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 59 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 60 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 61 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 62 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 63 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 64 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 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 14 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 9 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 8 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 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 243.20.21 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 24.21 3 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 24.35 4 Liquigas-Doimo 30.35 5 Lampre - NGC 56.27 6 Caisse d'Epargne 1.08.01 7 Cervelo Test Team 1.15.44 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 1.17.13 9 Rabobank 1.47.11 10 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.49.26 11 AG2R La Mondiale 2.15.10 12 Quickstep 2.45.09 13 Barloworld 3.00.33 14 Team Saxo Bank 3.00.58 15 Xacobeo Galicia 3.26.25 16 ISD-Neri 3.28.01 17 Fuji - Servetto 3.32.26 18 Team Katusha 3.33.10 19 Silence - Lotto 4.00.34 20 Team Milram 6.29.24 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6.31.47 22 Garmin - Slipstream 6.45.03 Super team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 358 pts 2 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 293 3 Liquigas-Doimo 279 4 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 265 5 Lampre - NGC 242 6 Astana 239 7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 191 8 Quickstep 189 9 Cervelo Test Team 185 10 Rabobank 162 11 Team Katusha 144 12 ISD-Neri 133 13 Caisse d'Epargne 132 14 Barloworld 127 15 AG2R La Mondiale 125 16 Team Saxo Bank 124 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
